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    "id": 594951,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Kenya National Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.7 of 2015) be read a Second Time. This is a matter that has lasted for long. Parliament has addressed itself to it severally but, unfortunately, we appear not to have come to a solution to the problem. Madam, Temporary Speaker, without tiring the House, allow me to give a short history of this matter. On 3rd November, 2004, Parliament, then the National Assembly passed the following Motion:- “THAT, noting the with concern that students who have sat for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) continue to be denied their certificates on account of school fees balances; aware that the bursaries allocated to schools are inadequate to cater for all the needy students; conscious that academic testimonials are statutory requirements for career and job opportunities; appreciating that schools require adequate funds to meet the cost of their maintenance; this House recommends that all certificates held by schools on account of fees balances be released forthwith; that no more certificates shall be withheld by schools on account of fees balances in future; that the Ministry finds ways and means of compensating the affected schools.” Madam Temporary Speaker, this was on 3rd November, 2004. I am very happy that some of the people in this House were present when we passed that Motion. I appreciate that Sen. Mugo was, in fact, the Assistant Minister for Education and my good friend, the Senator for Kirinyaga, Sen. Karaba, was the Chairperson of the Committee on Education. Madam Temporary Speaker, following the passage of that Motion, the Government dragged its feet in implementing it to the extent that in 2007, three years later, and after persuading the Government privately and officially, I decided to take the Government to court to release certificates of my constituents which had been held for over 10 years. I am glad that I hired Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. as a lawyer. He prosecuted the case in court as a petition. In addition, in the same year, I presented a petition addressed to none other than His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki, signed by Members of the National Assembly; petitioning on behalf of the students whose certificates had been held. I would like to emphasize that we did this because we have seen students suffering, finishing their examinations and not getting their The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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