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    "id": 417954,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/417954/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to request a Statement from the Ministry of Education, specifically the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since 2011, we have had challenges with secondary school exams being cancelled due to the word “collusion.” An example is Karinge Boys in West Pokot that obtained a mean grade of 9.2, making it the second best in the district schools countrywide in 2012. The same school did exams in 2013 and got straight As in mathematics, but the KNEC decided to say that there was collusion. Hence, they were given Ys and, therefore, had to repeat. The same challenge is now with Maranda High School. In 2013, 432 boys sat for exams and 292 of them got As. The boys with straight As were 136. Seven of them were among the top ten students. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would want a clarification from the KNEC, why they decided not to rank the school because 23 boys, who were doing the computer subject colluded. Why is the school being penalized because of computer studies, which is an optional subject? How come the KNEC has moved on to allow the 23 boys to repeat, yet they know very well that there is a policy that, indeed, if there are any irregularities they are supposed to stay for three years before they repeat the same subject? Why have they not apologized to the school and the 409 parents who today are still in pain and wondering what really happened to the school? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since this was a practical paper, how then will Kenyans understand that it is not the students who colluded, but there was confusion of names? This is because the KNEC is claiming that there was confusion within the diskettes and, therefore, the names were different. Lastly, why did the examiners not raise the issue with the school, instead of waiting for the results to be announced and then penalize the school?"
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