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    "id": 622041,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not questioning. I am just giving examples. The challenges that Sen. Obure has come across in Kisii are some of the things that we need to look at. When the KNEC decides that 122 students have to repeat a whole year in school because of cheating, we need to interrogate the teachers and the preparations that were done. This does not apply on the example that I gave earlier but in most cases, I believe the teachers are also culpable. How do you handle the case of students from the same school having identical grades? It does not mean that the students are the only ones guilty of cheating; it means that they colluded with a teacher who gave out the examination paper and guided them on how to do it. As we insist on a tribunal, we must know that the students, teachers and even the supervisors are part of examination cheating. In addition, cheating in examinations reflects declining ethics. We need to find out whether the KNEC still has the capacity or we need to revamp it. As a country, we have left people to serve in an institution for more than 20 years. We witness decline in performance and negative reports but we still leave the same people to deal with the same challenges. It is time when an institution records a decline in performance, we need to change it; bring in different and vibrant blood that can come up with new ideas and technology to change that institution. Cheating in examinations and cancellation of results is like an annual event in our country. It is normal! Every year when our students are going to do their examinations, we talk about cheating. It is a norm. How can we change this? It starts with attitude. It is a form of corruption. People just talk of corruption in monetary terms. However, this is the worst form of corruption. This is how we finish our children completely. As at that time, parents have paid school fees for four years and you are expecting that the teachers have prepared students for exams, then, all of a sudden you are told, “No, your school The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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