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    "id": 461168,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "Thank Hon. Speaker Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No 44(2)(c) I wish to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology, regarding the numerous Form Four leavers in the country who have been denied their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education due to outstanding school fees. As a result, these students are unable to get admissions into institutions of higher learning, tertiary institutions or being recruited into the disciplined forces and many other job opportunities. The Government has on several occasions ordered the heads of schools to release these certificates stating that failure to clear school fees is not sufficient reason to withhold their certificates. In her statement, the Chairperson should inquire and report on one, the number of students countrywide affected by this practice of withholding of their certificates; two, the immediate measures to be put in place to compel the head teachers to release these certificates to the respective students as a matter of urgency; three, a long term policy which should be put in place by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to effectively protect students from this practice by the head teachers in future."
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