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    "id": 514103,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "enrolled for a better course at the university. Cheating is not caused by ranking of schools or students. It is caused by the desire for good grades. People cheat to get better grades, and not to be ranked as number one. What is the solution to cheating? Instead of arguing for scraping of ranking of schools, let us tackle the problem through improvement of examination administration by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). There are weaknesses in the administrative systems of the Council. Examination supervisors and invigilators are part of the problem as far as examination administration is concerned. Therefore, the Government should deal with examination administration integrity as opposed to cancellation of ranking of schools. The other argument is on the issue of a level playing ground. In a race of 100 metres, we do not say that if you are very tall, you cannot compete against someone who is short. A race is a race; it is competition. When you argue that there is no fair playing ground because some schools have better infrastructure than others, while some have more teachers than others, whose problem is it? Is it the learner’s? It is a problem of the Government. The Government needs to address the issue of a level playing ground. There are investors in this country who have put money into the education sector. They have set up better learning institutions. They have built classrooms, laboratories and other relevant facilities. The Government can do the same for public schools. Instead of cancelling ranking of schools, the Government should put up infrastructure in public schools. How can they do so? They can do by increasing the budgetary allocation to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). We have been putting up infrastructure in schools in our various constituencies. The Government could hasten the process by increasing the budgetary allocations for free primary and secondary education."
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