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    "id": 236931,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I said is that there was no leakage if examination papers were availed at the right time to candidates. When examination papers are released at 6.00 a.m, that is normal because this is the time when they are supposed to be released. It is possible that an unscrupulous supervisor leaked some examination papers as they were being released to schools. I am not saying that this is what happened. I am just saying that this was the possibility. But the impact of such a leakage is not big because you need enough time to prepare to answer questions. Secondly, it is true that report about examination leakage was published by The Standard newspaper. We have done everything possible to ensure that this kind of thing does not happen again. Occasionally, someone will inform us this or that has happened, especially if there was collision with the examination supervisor. With a supervisor, that is possible. But that is not to say that we are not on the lookout all over the country to ensure that leakage does not happen. We have also challenged newspapers to give us evidence of leakage. They should produce evidence of leakage a few days before the examination. We have told newspapers to give us examination papers that have been availed some days before the examination date. We have not heard of any examination paper that was availed before the actual examination date. We have only heard of some papers that were availed just before the examination On the question by Prof. Oniang'o on what the Ministry is doing to stop leakage, I just want to say that we have recruited 4,528 supervisors, 14,660 invigilators and 5,073 security personnel who have been deployed across the country. So, we are doing our best under the circumstances, but there will always be cases of people who are dishonest. Such people try to make some quick money or political gain, or try to discredit members of a certain group and so on. That one we cannot discount. The important thing is what we are doing to arrest the situation."
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