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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, I congratulate my brother, Sen. Obure, for this timely Bill and the contributions that he has made while moving it. I also want to congratulate Sen. M. Kajwang for the excellent contributions that he has made. This is an important Bill. This House should express concern over the issue of cheating in examinations. This is because of the culture of corruption that is rampant in this country; that cheating in examinations has reached the levels it has reached at the moment. Happily, it has not gone to the levels I saw in India where parents climb walls to go and reach the source of the examination in order to cheat. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that notwithstanding, it does not give us any comfort because the quality of leadership in this country in the future, whether in industries, in government or wherever it is, will depend on the quality of education that our children get. Therefore, when children resort to cheating in examinations, they are taking a shortcut and, in future, if we allow that practice to continue, there is no doubt that we will have poor leadership in every sector of our economy. The KNEC has in the past been given powers that are excessive. How does one body set examinations, administer examinations, do the marking and make a decision which is always final; that they are withholding and cancelling this examination without another body or those who are affected being given a chance to make an appeal? The rule The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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