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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Obure",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make a few remarks. First, I want to thank the Chairman of the Committee on Education, Sen. Karaba, for the report he has just presented to this House regarding the national examination results which were released today. Today, we are witnessing a new order and a milestone in the management of our national examination system. In the past, the days national examination results were released was a day of mourning, disappointment, pain and grieve for many candidates because their results would have been cancelled or withdrawn on the basis of allegations of cheating and other irregularities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is pleasing to hear that there were no irregularities in the examinations that were conducted. No candidate is experiencing any disappointment or pain. This is an important thing. I, therefore, want to take this opportunity to congratulate the CS for Education, Dr. Fred Matiang’i. He has done all of us proud, he has set the pace and we can see that what has appeared to be impossible before is possible that we can look forward to achieving desired results for the common good of everybody in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this has come out of the desire to do good. It is a desire to restore the integrity of our national examination system. It is a desire to ensure that the performance of our education sector is comparable to any in the world. It is a desire to ensure that graduates at all levels of our examination system can be equated with the best in the world. Therefore, it is important that this tempo is maintained and we do not allow ourselves to go back to the old days. We hope there will be more people like Matiang’i, not just in the education sector but in other sectors of the economy but also in other Ministries and Government departments in the exemplary manner Dr. Matiang’i has done. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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