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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Kenya National Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill, 2015, be now read a Second Time. The Bill is informed by the Memorandum of Reasons and Objects, which states its objects and the reasons. The reason for this Bill is to amend the Kenya National Examinations Council Act, 2012, so as to abolish the examination fees payable by candidates as they book to sit for the KCPE examination and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. What makes me arrive at this is recognition of Article 43 of the Constitution, which gives us the right to education under the social and economic rights, and Sections 48 (h) of the Kenya National Examinations Council Act, which defines the powers of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to set the examination fees for various institutions. From the outset, I will introduce the Bill in terms of the history of education in Kenya. The gist of the Bill is to allow us to have more students and pupils accessing basic education. The history of education in Kenya dates back to the 15th Century when missionaries came to the Coast of Kenya. Western missionaries first visited the Kenyan Coast in 1557 and settled on Mombasa and Lamu islands. They included Ludwig Krapf of the Church Missionary Society, who established British rule through Christian missionary engagements in this country. In the 19th Century, there were various joint committees that were formed through the various missionary boards of education, represented by all the protestant missions in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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