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    "id": 461128,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/461128/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2679,
        "legal_name": "George Oner Ogalo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I hereby request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding the conduct of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and the Kenya National Examinations Council. Very many pupils below the age of 14 years who registered for the 2013 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) have been barred by the KNEC from sitting the national examinations. On the other hand, the HELB has been frustrating students applying for loans. Applicants are required to apply online through a server address which is constantly congested and unable to enlist the applications. In the Statement, the Chairperson should inquire into and report on the following:- (i) whether all the pupils who registered for the KCPE regardless of their age will sit for their examination and if not, what measures the Government is taking to ensure that such students are not barred from sitting for the said examinations; (ii) what procedure is in place for the HELB loan applications; (iii) the number of students who qualified and were awarded HELB loan in the period between June, 2012 to October, 2013; and"
}