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    "content": "secrecy calls for imprisonment of five years or a fine of Kshs1 million. Clause 27 provides for a stiff penalty of imprisonment for a jail term not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding Kshs2 million for a person who commits an offence of being in illegal possession of examinations materials. In the current Act, this penalty was a fine not exceeding Kshs5,000 or imprisonment for six months. Clause 29 provides for a stiff penalty for a person who is charged with the responsibility of managing and handling examinations and acts negligently leading to loss, damage or exposure of examinations materials. The penalty is a jail term of five years or a fine not exceeding Kshs1 million. This was not fair in the retiring Act. Clause 31 provides for a very stiff penalty for impersonation. It provides for a jail term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding Kshs2 million. In the current Act, this penalty is a jail term not exceeding six months. Therefore, fraudsters were happy committing these offences. Clause 32 prescribes that copying from other candidates, communicating to other candidates or if somebody is in possession of text books or electronic communication devices inside the examination room, constitutes an examination offence. This addresses the issue that has erupted in the country of mobile phones which have given us sleepless nights leading to serious challenges where you find that the examiner or the supervisor cannot discover all the phones because some of them are very small and they can be hidden. Therefore, we want to make sure that never again will our children be subjected to these things. Clause 33 prescribes that causing disturbances and/or being in possession of offensive weapons in an examination centre is an offence. This is not addressed in the retiring Act. Clauses 34 and 35 provide for stiff penalties or a jail term not exceeding two years or a fine of Kshs1 million for forgery of certificates. As you are aware, Kenya has become an incredible place where people can go to some streets in the city that I will not name, and come up with forged certificates. In the current Act, the penalty is Kshs5,000 or imprisonment for six months. This is outrageous. Therefore, time has come for us to put our foot down and say that we want a modern human resource that is not contaminated by the challenge of forgery of certificates."
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