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    "content": "importance of education. As it has been said, it is the only social equalizer. In the world that we are living in, it gives one a head-start in terms of a better living. Maybe that is one of the reasons some people are trying to get good certificates which they have not worked for. When cheating occurs it is only the student who is penalized, yet it could involve many actors. With this kind of a tribunal, if the student is to defend his or herself, then, the other faceless actors who have been benefiting out of this social ill will also be unmasked. We will know who are actually behind this scheme. Every year when it comes to examinations time the main news item everywhere in Kenya is cheating. Cheating happens because of what is attached to the academic certificate. Even the person who has not worked for it would like to have a good certificate, so as to move to the next level or secure a good job. Examination cheating is rampant because, unlike before, everybody would like to get good grades without working for them. There is also need to check the teachers. Some of them relax and do not cover the syllabus because they know that at the end of the day, there will be a way to cheat. They can compensate their lack of coverage of the syllabus by assisting the students cheat. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are other actors who are not getting punished, like teachers and businessmen who will try to get hold of examination papers, whether or not they are genuine. Due to the anxiety of the students, they will buy whatever they will come across as examination papers. This is rampant during the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. It also happens in the universities and that is why of late there are cases of projects and thesis being prepared and sold in River Road. Since there are people who are ready to buy, Kenyans have now become experts in coming up with thesis and projects for undergraduate. One will just task somebody in River Road to do the work for him or her and then they submit something which is not their original work, all in the name of getting a good degree, so that one can get a job which they cannot perform. Currently, the students who are victims have no recourse. When their examination results are cancelled, they have to wait and repeat them later. Even if they are innocent, they have nowhere to go and defend or declare their innocence so that they can get their certificate. So, this is a timely Bill which gives the few innocent ones justice through this kind of a tribunal. In some cases, you will find a whole class disqualified in a subject. Is it possible that all of them cheated and no one was innocent? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I concur with the Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale on the issue of the composition of the tribunal. We also need to have the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) to defend itself as to why it cancelled those results. The issue of the private schools is necessary because they have always had problems. Even when students are placed in secondary schools, those from private schools are always disadvantaged. In this case, the teachers from the private schools cannot trust their counterparts from public schools to decide on their fate. It is, therefore, necessary. Clause 40(I) talks about the timeframe where one has to launch a complaint with the tribunal within 14 days from the date of decision of the KNEC. I understand that to mean that it is from the day the examination results are released. Somebody from Mandera County cannot get the results and travel to Nairobi within 14 days to come and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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