Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 426043,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/426043/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 347,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 232,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
        "slug": "daniel-karaba"
    },
    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this time to also thank Sen. Musila for doing a commendable job. Before he moved this Motion, I was seated next to him and I was impressed to see the arrangement of papers that show the first time that this Motion was moved from November, 2004. As he moved the Motion, it is already on record that I opposed it. I opposed it because I knew the repercussion that it would have on the head teachers of secondary schools. At that time, I had just moved from being a head teacher to become a parliamentarian. I could, therefore, see the agony that the Motion would put the head teachers through at that time; 2004. The agony still persists. However, the Motion today reads something different. The Motion was passed by a majority even if I opposed it. The certificates of those former students should have been released them. That is what the Motion is seeking now. The Motion was passed and, subsequently, other amendments done to the Kenya National Examinations Commission (KNEC) Act and we have seen it here in written form. One of the functions of the KNEC is to release, after completion of any examinations, certificates to candidates. Just like you may be issued a certificate for attending the Senate sessions for five years that would be a certification of attendance, the same thing is done for students. This certificate, according to me, is important. The culture of the people we have is what may cause my friend, Sen. Musila, to be frustrated for nothing. The people who are charged with the responsibility of making it happen may not have done it then because there was no free education. Today, educational services are also not free. You have to pay for these services and they are paid for in terms of money. The head teachers, at that time, and even now, held on to the only paper availed to them; the certificate, with the understanding that the parents would be kind enough to pay the money which the boys or girls may have spent during their stay in school for either four or six years. The culture of Kenyans is very interesting. Once they are told that something is free, they go for it even when they have a lot of it. Even here, if we were asked to parade for free things, we would parade. I condemn parents because when they are asked to pay money for certain services, they readily agree to do it. They even go ahead and engage themselves with the arrangements that are provided for by schools. I am talking out of experience. We allow the students to complete Class One; this can either be Form One; and going by the 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."
}