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    "content": "certificates. date of release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education or the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination results, transmit to the examination centres, the certificates of the respective candidates who sat for the examinations. (2) The head-teacher or principal of an examination centre shall not withhold the certificate awarded to a candidate under this Act. (3) A candidate shall, in collecting his or her certificate, verify the accuracy of the particulars as set out in the certificate including – (a) the candidate’s name and index number; (b) the name and code of the examination centre; and the grades of the respective subjects and the mean score. (4) A candidate who identifies a discrepancy in the certificate issued shall notify the Council of such discrepancy within thirty days of the receipt of the certificate. (5) The Council shall rectify any discrepancy notified by a candidate under subsection (4) within a period of thirty days from the date of such notification. (6) The Council shall meet the costs of rectifying any discrepancy notified by a candidate under subsection (4). (7) A person who contravenes the provisions of this section commits an office and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. After public hearings from the stakeholders, parents, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Ministry of Education, it was found difficult to proceed in the manner in which we had proposed in the Bill. It was to take the examination certificates through the District Education Officers. Therefore, I propose that we adopt this. During the debate on the Floor, you will recall that Members introduced the issue of result slips. Therefore, Clause 45A is meant to ensure that result slips are forwarded to candidates after the Examination results are released. We also introduced a new Clause 45A. It relates to the issue of certificates so that they do not need to be issued through schools and that they will be released through the Principals. We also proposed that the candidates’ names and the code of examinations are done properly and that the candidates should identify the discrepancies in the certificates. The Kenya National Examinations Council shall rectify the discrepancies notified within a period of 30 days and at their cost. Madam Chair, Sub-Clause 7 gives a penalty for those teachers or headteachers who withhold these certificates. In the past we had not prescribed any penalty. We had only proposed a fine of Kshs500,000 but the Members proposed a lower penalty of Kshs 200,000 and or six months imprisonment. Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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