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    "id": 622025,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wangari",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank and congratulate Sen. Obure for this timely Bill. I know that Kisii County and its surroundings have really been affected by cases of examinations cheating. As much as we condemn cheating, we must also look at the rights in the Constitution. Article 47 guarantees every person a right to administrative action that is expeditious, efficient, lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair. We have had very many cases of cheating reported every year. We have had cherished dreams of children who have worked for very many years crushed in a day or through a decision made when results are released. This Bill must not in whatever form be seen to condone cheating. It must give fair hearing to the aggrieved parties. As it is, the KNEC has had unilateral power and they have applied it as it is. However, we must have recourse in terms of having an appellate system where, if you feel that you do not agree with a decision taken by the KNEC, then you have a forum to air your grievances. The issue of cheating in this country has been so rampant and it is getting worse by the day. We, as a country, have also glorified examinations. As the Cabinet Secretary indicated, the Ministry is reviewing the curriculum and this is something that we must consider. The pressure that we put in three days of examinations to our children is too much. We must ask ourselves whether the curriculum is serving the market that we are dealing with or not. The market is very dynamic. How we were learning and examining students 20 years ago is not the same way we are doing today. Today, we even have virtual classes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must look at the curriculum and ask ourselves whether it is serving requirements of the market both nationally and internationally or not. To children, the issue of cheating has been a psychological one. We have seen children commit suicide because they felt that was the end of the world for them. Some students cannot fathom the idea of their peers going to universities while they remain at home because their result slips are showing ‘Y”. Some end up committing suicide. This tribunal is timely. However, I do not agree with parents sitting in this tribunal. Recently the Ministry disbanded the Parents’ Association headed by one person who was collecting money from parents purporting to recruit parents in his association. The Ministry wrote to all public schools to stop dealing with this particular individual. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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