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    "id": 622035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/622035/?format=api",
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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, our understanding is at different levels. I do not want to belabour this point. From the outset, I support this Bill. The issue of cheating has always affected children and their parents. We have become a callous nation. We have actually lost our souls because we also have some unscrupulous headteachers who want their schools to shine. We also have parents who are colluding to help their children cheat. We, as a county, must interrogate our souls. We must desist from cheating through the WhatsApp platform. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a pity that some parents see these papers, they print them for their children. You will find that these cases are very rampant whether it is the police officer guarding the papers or the examination invigilators. We must get people to take responsibility and not load blame on a child yet nobody is arrested. We have the machinery to track the information shared on WhatsApp using our arms of investigation, we should be able to know where the paper originated from. This Bill is not to say that we condone cheating. The criminal responsibility must also be well administered and our bodies involved giving us results because we get examinations irregularities yet no one goes to jail for that offence. We take it as a joke yet we are talking about the future of our country. We are at a point where you get a university student who cannot construct a sentence in English. It is very important that we also separate the issue of cheating as has been alluded to by Sen. Wetangula, that it is not schools that cheat and it is not always that Alliance High School will top The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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