Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 729652,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/729652/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 193,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Masadia",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2735,
        "legal_name": "Alfred Agoi Masadia",
        "slug": "alfred-agoi-masadia"
    },
    "content": "This Bill concerns an amendment to Section 45 of the Kenya National Examinations Council Act (2012) with regard to nullifications of examinations and investigations. The education sector, in the past, has faced a lot of challenges because of examination irregularities and cheating. We had an opportunity to look at this Bill and identify where the problem is. The reason this happened is because I had a case in my constituency. In 2014, 317 students of Chavakali High School sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. Out of the 317 students, 314 had their exams cancelled. The reason that was given for their results to be cancelled was collusion. We did our investigations and went to the school to find out what this collusion meant. We found out that the 317 students sat in 13 different classrooms with invigilators, supervisors and policemen. They did the exams and there was nothing on irregularity reported. When the results came out, we were told they colluded. We then asked ourselves how 317 students can collude while sitting in 13 different classrooms with invigilators and supervisors. I had to look at this Act and I discovered that there are a lot of problems with it. Students do not have a right to appeal. When there was a case of students going back to school, we did a lot of work to have some of them repeat Form Four. However, a few students and their parents chose to go to court which was the only avenue they had as a remedy. As we speak, the case has not been determined for those that opted to go to court. They have kind of lost their chance to have qualifications. I decided to look at this Act and find out where the problem is. So, the first thing I looked at was the need to remove the powers of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and distribute them to other bodies. The KNEC seems to have been given many powers. It has had these powers mutilated in a way that has taken away the powers of the Constitution so that students do not have rights. Article 35 of our Constitution says: “ (1) Every citizen has the right of access to- (a) information held by the State; and (b) information held by another person and required for the exercise or protection of any right or fundamental freedom. (2) Every person has a right to the correction or deletion of untrue or misleading information that affects the person.” The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}