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    "id": 234783,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 190,
        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, last week, Prof. Oniang'o sought a Ministerial Statement on the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination after it was reported in sections of the local Press that there were candidates who were not registered for the examination. A section of the Press reported that 11 candidates in Nairobi and six candidates in Uasin Gishu were not registered for the year's examination. However, as a Ministry, we were not informed of any such cases. It is, therefore, unfortunate to read in media reports that there are candidates who were, indeed, not registered. I would like to take the hon. Members through some of the steps that we take with regard to the registration of candidates. (i) Schools are responsible for the registration of candidates. (ii) By the close of the normal registration period of 31st March, schools are expected to have brought lists of names of the candidates to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), along with the necessary fees. However, even after that, schools are given a further period of up to 31st May, in order to give an opportunity to those who did not have candidates registered. After 31st May, the process is formally closed. Following the closure, my Ministry informs all schools and parents through paid advertisement in the media about the closing date and advises parents to check with schools to ensure that their children are duly registered for the examination. Because of similar problems last year, this year we took an extra effort of posting all those who had registered in the Kenya National Examinations Council website in September, 2006, to allow parents to check. We again advised parents to take the necessary action, but we have not received any complaints officially from parents. We are going to launch a thorough investigations into this matter and take the appropriate action with regard to the 17 candidates. In the meantime, we can only advise students who were not registered for this year's KCPE to register for next year's examination. Otherwise, we are taking every measure to ensure that if the students were punished out of no fault of their own, the necessary action will be taken against the culprits."
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