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    "content": "DEO’s from conniving with the school principal, who is just across the road from influencing the DEO to withhold those certificates? We must deal with impunity in this country. That is why you heard sometimes when the President came to address Parliament, he said he has drawn a line beyond which if you cross you are expected to step aside. People step aside and others say they would rather die than step aside. Impunity is the problem for this country; it is not lack of legislation. I, therefore, support this amendment for the fact that Section 10(1)(b) does not say where the certificates shall be issued. Sen. Musila has done a clever thing by making it clear that these certificates shall be issued at the DEO’s office and not at the school where a student can be frustrated at the gate or at the administration block. They will be issued or collected at an independent public institution which has got no strings tied to the school where the student went to. The second thing that this amendment attempts to do is to emboss certificates with photos. If you look at the certificates that are currently being issued, there are no photos on them, it is just a plain piece of paper with your grade and your information. This is a good idea that can give rise to a better idea. In the villages and for those of us who represent counties that are largely rural, there are many stories. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you allow me to use your name as an example; you will find someone who is known by two names. The first name is his real name given at birth; the second name is a name they adopted because they used somebody’s school leaving certificate to get a job. It happens a lot in the education sector. For example, you find Mr. Lonyangapuo is Lonyangapuo at birth and Lonyangapuo at examinations. But you find somebody else masquerading as Mr. Lonyangapuo because he stole Mr. Lonyangapuo’s KCE certificate. Mr. Lonyangapuo only needed his Form Six certificate to advance to university. I am talking about impersonation and for those of us who came from counties----"
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