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    "id": 438476,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand here to thank you for giving me an opportunity to reply. Let me take this opportunity to thank the distinguished Senators who have made their contributions to this Motion. I have a list of 11 Senators who have supported this Motion on behalf of the House and I thank them. I want, in summary, to say that this matter has been going on for a long time. In 2004, Parliament passed a Motion that I moved. In 2006, the former Government released over 500,000 certificates that were being held. The Government did not become broke with that action. The Government helped over 500,000 former students to get their certificates. I am sure many of them accessed employment and further education and they are better off today. Madam Temporary Speaker, what the Government did not do at that time was to ban further withholding of certificates. They simply asked schools to release the certificates that were held up to 2006. From 2007, school principals started retaining certificates and they have done so to date. It is very clear to all and sundry that these are poor students. Nobody can allow their certificates to be retained in an institution for seven years if they have money to pay. That is why when we were discussing the Kenya National Examinations Council Bill, I persuaded the then Minister for Education, the late Mutula Kilonzo, to let me move an amendment to make it 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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