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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendments to the KNEC Bill for about two or three reasons. One, I am one of the products of free education. I remember in 1974 when most of us had not been born, His Excellency Mzee Kenyatta compelled all parents to take children to school. Two years before then, my elder brother had dropped out of school because my father could not afford to pay Kshs30 for my brother to go to Class One. So, I am a product of free primary education that started in 1974. Otherwise, I would not be here. Secondly, I support the Bill because it proposes that the Government of Kenya pays all the examination fees for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates. It does not make sense to say that we are offering free primary education for eight years and then when the candidates reach Standard Eight, they drop or do not sit for the examination.So, it is a waste of resources to put students in class for eight years and then when they reach Class Eight, they cannot afford to pay examination fees. It is the same for Form Four candidates. Between February and March, we have a lot of challenges because many parents call us requiring examination fees for their children. However, now that the 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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