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    "content": "The other day, I saw a child in Kakamega who went to the referral hospital there and offered to sell his kidney to go to school. It is a pity that, at the end of it all, such a child is told by an extremely impervious KNEC that examinations were stolen and, therefore, he cannot get his certificate. Madam Temporary Speaker, I keep wondering how a child in Kibish in Turkana can steal that examination which is set, moderated and marked in Nairobi. How does a child in Samburu access and steal that examination? How does a child in the village who has never even been to his divisional headquarters all his life access and steals that examination? I have never heard the KNEC on any occasion bring anybody to book as a principal offender in cheating in examinations. Even when there are teachers who participate in the Standing Order-called academies who want to remain at the “A” level in their grading or even in public schools who want to look good and go to the extent of spending their own money to corrupt officials to access examination papers way in advance; none of them has ever been brought to book. None of them has ever been admonished, sacked or in any way dealt with by the KNEC in conjunction with the employer; the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). This is because both of them are concerned with the quality of education in the country. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill is very important in that it is trying to correct a wrong that has been visited on many students. Last year, I went to Nyamira County to attend the burial of Sen. Mongare’s mother, and the issue of examination cancellation was so hot. Every mourner, including women in the village, was demanding to hear from me what we were going to do about the mass cancellations of examinations in Kisii County. This has also happened in my county in most unexpected schools. Of course, I was delighted at the opportunity because it gave me an opportunity to say a few truths about the Jubilee Coalition. They are the ones who are presiding over this currently. We want to see a situation where if a child or a candidate has issues with examinations, the least under the rules of natural justice that the KNEC can do is give notice to show cause. They should say that they have found anomalies and give an institution opportunity to give reasons. Nobody has ever been given a hearing in matters of cancellation of examinations. The word of the mandarins at KNEC backed by their bosses at Jogoo House is the Alfa and Omega . They say that you have stolen examinations and even though there is no evidence, you are disqualified. One time, I walked into their offices when I was a Member of Parliament to ask why a school in my constituency called Chebukaka had one subject and the rest left intact. They said that they had nullified the results because the students got nearly similar marks. How can that be a reason for cancelling examinations? Madam Temporary Speaker, a good teacher like what Sen. Karaba used to be, can teach a class where every student can get a Grade “A”. However, that cannot be the basis for nullification of an examination because the whole class passed the subject of a specific teacher. That teacher should be promoted for that kind of performance. Believe me you, I was told that the reason they had cancelled the results of that subject was because everybody had passed. I asked them whether they had checked the quality of the teacher who taught that class and they said no. I asked whether any of them had gone to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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