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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I will begin by thanking our friend, Hon. Agoi, for this informative leadership and deeming it important to amend the KNEC Act. This is a process that is very important towards harmonisation of the laws that existed before the current Constitution and ensure that whatever processes, especially in terms of a fundamental human rights and freedoms are also established in the laws that existed before. I also applaud the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for the transformation in that ministry. We believe that there will be much more that will be done to ensure that education comes back to our days when we used to have a clean grade that will then be recognised in any other places that we were in. The process being set up by this Amendment Bill is very important for purposes of posterity for our children and for each and every person who participates in this process. It is very clear in our Constitution, especially in Article 47, that no one should be condemned unheard. That is why whenever administration action is taken against an individual, the process must be fair. In fact, it demands that if any action is taken against me, then I must be given an opportunity to respond. The reasons for the action against me must be given if demanded. In academic processes, especially in examinations, we know that whatever decision is taken by this Council affects an individual’s life forever. The problem is that whatever decision will be taken normally affects children because we have children in class eight who may be 14 years, 19 years or 20 years. If you affect such a person’s life, it will be something that will haunt them for life. So, because we are tending to very sensitive lives, we have to be careful. Of course, the law demands that your allegers must prove the allegations. If the Council alleges that someone has been involved in an examination irregularity, then the burden is on them to prove that for sure that irregularity has been committed. But, it will be very wrong if the person who is being condemned is not given an opportunity to establish the truth or otherwise of such an issue that has been raised. 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."
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