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    "id": 196900,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/196900/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to respond to Mr. ole Metito's point of order of Thursday 28th March, 2008 in which he asked for a Ministerial Statement from my Ministry on the 2007 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results in order to clarify the correct position with respect to the results. Before I make my Statement with respect to the error in the calculation of the mean grade that occurred in the 2007 KCSE results, allow me to shed some light on the examination marking process in order to provide background information to hon. Members. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the 2007 KSCE examination 57 examination papers from 22 subjects were offered and taken by 276,239 candidates in 4,883 schools, depending on each candidate's choice of subjects at the time. Each candidate took a minimum of seven subjects, unless they were repeating the KCSE examination. As in previous years, the question papers were marked by trained examiners, who are teachers with long experience in teaching and marking of the KCSE examination, drawn from secondary schools across the country. The number of examiners used to mark the 2007 KCSE examination was 7,980, and the exercise was undertaken between 3rd and 30th December, 2007 in 24 marking centres located in Central, Eastern, Nairobi, Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza Provinces. The marking of each of the papers was conducted by closely coordinated teams, each one led by a chief examiner, assistant chief examiner and team leaders. In spite of their experience, each year, these examiners are re-trained through continuous marking co-ordination, using dummies before they start the actual marking in order to ensure both quality and reliability. That close co-ordination is required to ensure that each candidate is awarded the marks he or she deserves, and that no examiner deviates from the marking scheme."
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