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    "id": 392548,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate the concerns and the issues that have been raised by respective Senators. But I want to qualify as follows. Number one, Sen. Chris Obure raised the matter because of the concern that is there across the country because of the debate that is currently going on between those who have been qualified as teachers as such, and they have got even some degrees in education and yet they cannot be employed because they did not have the C+ in the lower levels. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue is this; if you know that you are going to be a teacher, and you know that the minimum qualification for a teacher is C+ and then a C+ for the subjects that you want to teach, you would imagine that the first thing you would do before you qualify to be a bachelor in whatever, is to qualify in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). You should go to school, do an examination in terms of KCSE, pass it and if you have got the capability to hold a Bachelor in Mathematics, surely you can pass KCSE! So, there is a legitimate concern by those in education that, how did this person, in the first place, without the necessary qualifications, move on to a higher grade? We summoned the TSC to the Committee of Education, Information and Technology on this issue – and they were also concerned about it. But they were saying The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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