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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you listened very careful to my friend, the Chair of the Committee for Education, Information and Technology, Sen. Kagwe, there were a lot of contradictions. First and foremost, the Statement that he read to us is the same as the one that was read on 16th October, 2013 which this House rejected on account that it was unsatisfactory. Now the Chair has read the same Statement despite the House not being satisfied. The other contradiction is that the Ministry of Education says that the law demands prudent management of school resources and, therefore, by implication, they are withholding the certificates of these poor children as lien for balances of schools fees. Again, I sought the intervention of the boss of the KNEC and he has confirmed that it is, indeed, illegal for anybody to withhold certificates. He even wrote me a letter and said that if any institution is withholding certificates, it is doing so unlawfully. The third contradiction is that the Chair said that his Committee would not allow certificates to be withheld. So, I ask myself, it is now a year since I raised this matter. We are soon going on recess, I hope. Come January, another lot of students will demand their certificates, but they will not get them. We are now debating the Uwezo Fund to facilitate the youth with Kshs6 billion, but at the same time, we are withholding their certificates. Could we get an unequivocal confirmation from the Chair and the Ministry that they are going to issue instructions to institutions to release these certificates and that they will abide by the law as passed by the National Assembly?"
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