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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. First, I wish to thank Sen. Musila for bringing this amendment. As a Member of the Committee on Education, I have observed the passion with which he has followed this case. Although he is not a Member of the Committee on Education, he made more appearances than some Members of the Committee. I want to thank him for bringing this important amendment to the education sector, which will help a lot of students. It is important that this Bill has come up today when 900,000 pupils have started their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations in Kenya. It is also important to note that there are close to tens of thousands in South Sudan sitting for the same examination. Madam Temporary Speaker, many bad things, including exam leakages, were said about the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations which are coming to a conclusion. It is very unfortunate that if you trace the cause of these leakages, the ball will rest with the officers of the KNEC because they are the ones who set and keep custody of the exams. Before anyone else sees the examination papers, they are in the custody of the KNEC. I know that when the results will be announced, schools and students will be penalised for some of these activities. We would like to see people held responsible for these exam leakages in KCPE or KCSE. One of the best amendments which are being made is the identification of who will do the exam. Embossing a photograph is one of the things proposed. As suggested by Senators, we can do digital photography. But we can also do a barcode on the students, not only when they are doing their exams, but also as they enter schools. A student could possess a barcode throughout their education and their documents identified through it. I know there is a lot of corruption in this country. Last year, I was in Canada with a 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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