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    "id": 639210,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I want to thank the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology for that elaboration. Article 95(2) of the Constitution reads:- “The National Assembly deliberates on and resolves issues of concern to the people.” Over 6,000 children of the citizens of this country have had their exams cancelled. The people who cancelled the exams have not given very good reasons. It is the KNEC. Exams are like a national security item. This Committee should call an emergency meeting, bring a report to this House and recommend action against those who committed that offence to the over 6,000 innocent children. It is not business as usual. I want to confirm that, at least, none of my schools had its exams cancelled, but it is something that has never happened in the history of Kenya since Independence. It is a total of 6,000 students whose parents did all that they could do for four years, only to be told their children’s exams had been cancelled. Somebody somewhere in KNEC, whether it is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO); whether it is the management or the board are sitting pretty. In the last examinations, you could see that before the paper is done---"
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