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    "content": "who are not able to defend even their own degrees and students who have no capacity to deliver on those courses which they specialized in at the university. Secondly, it has made the cost of education expensive. You will recall that if a parent today pays school fees, if this student cheats in Form One and he manages to go through to Form Two and it happens that he is caught cheating in this exam, he can be expelled from school. This means that he will spend more years in school. If he or she was supposed to finish the programme, for example, in four years, he may take six years. This is going to be expensive for the parent. Thirdly, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is the issue of the KNEC. Over time, I think the KNEC has completely failed to ensure that they do away with this problem of exam cheating. I think it is timely that this Bill is now with us to ensure that we have a tribunal that is going to be in charge of the issues of exam cheating. This tribunal, once formed, will ensure that the number of problems and challenges that were faced by the KNEC, because of the broad perspective of what it does, will only be limited to issues to do with exam malpractices, irregularities and cheating. This tribunal will be limited to issues to do with examination malpractices. The same tribunal will also be fair to students because there will be room for them to appeal. If a student thinks that there was no fairness, this Bill provides that he or she can apply through a tribunal, so that he or she can be heard the second time. Cheating in examinations has weakened the education system in our country. While we appreciate that the 8-4-4 system has contributed to the success and development of this country, through examination cheating, the system has been weakened. Students cheat and get away with it until they graduate. You cannot distinguish a student who worked hard and passed the exams and one who cheated and got away with it. Both students could get first class honours degrees. This has completely weakened the education system in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, education is supposed to transform the lives of people. It is supposed to change the attitudes and impact right skills on individuals for them to make decisions, work and deliver on exactly what they specialized in. That is not the case because of cheating. We now have young men and women who have no capacity to deliver, even after going through high school, university and tertiary colleges. Most of them cannot deliver on any job that they are given, because they cheated in examinations right from high school to college level. I want to congratulate the Senator for bringing this Bill. We need to put checks on our system and come up with the best strategy to end examination cheating. Otherwise, if this continues, in the coming years, we will produce people who cannot even say their names. We will end up having people who cannot defend what they studied or deliver on anything, even after wasting a lot of time in school. Once again, I thank the Mover of this Bill and hope that we will get the necessary support to ensure that this Bill is enacted. We want to see its implementation and our education system changing for the betterment of our country. I support."
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