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    "id": 540755,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1750,
        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "I want to support the abolishment of national examinations because it will give our parents an opportunity to spend their money on other more pressing issues. Recently, the Government, through a proposal, said that they are getting rid of those exams but the proposal that came from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology was that they would pay fees for children who attend public schools. This is completely discriminatory because there are no private or public children in this country. All the children who go to our Kenyan schools and they are Kenyan citizens have a right to what the Constitution allows. As we abolish exam fees, we must abolish it for all the children so that even the ones in public schools and private schools do not pay for exams. I have also noted that there are some other fees that are charged in our schools not just the ones the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) charges but fees are paid every term. A case study in Kathiani shows that every term we pay for one exam. But then you go to schools and find that parents are being charged for three or four exams for every child from Standard One up to class Eight and from Form One to Form Four. This is also a very heavy burden and it is something that we need to get rid of as a House. Finally, I want to talk about the KNEC. While we are proposing these amendments, I have also noticed that there is the issue of the conduct of exams. The conduct of exams by the KNEC has been wanting for the longest time. Every year, we have issues of irregularities in the exam management. We want to propose amendments so that we can come up with ways by which these exams can be made foolproof so that every year we do not have exams cancelled. We should ensure that the results that we get are authentic and can be respected. I beg to support. Thank you."
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