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    "id": 729705,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/729705/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Kenya National Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 42 of 2016) sponsored by my honourable brother, Hon. Agoi. The integrity of national exams is a matter of national security because it affects so many other facets of our national life. It is, indeed, a national shame. It is an ignominy of monumental proportions for this country to have experienced the very serious assault on the integrity of our exams in recent times. At the height of the debate on what happened to the KCSE results of 2015, I came across serious concerns in international circles. At one time, South Africa made a public declaration that they were not too sure how to treat Kenyan students applying for university admission in South African Universities because of the doubts cast on the integrity of the results during the exams of that year. It will be remiss of us, as representatives of the people, to hide our heads in sand, the style of the ostrich and pretend that all is well because all is certainly not well. We have had scenarios in the past, especially in the 2015 exams where in one school every student scored Grade A. It really stretches the imagination; it stretches the limits of the logical for that kind of thing to happen. Therefore, to find a way to deal with this challenge is a matter of critical national importance. What makes this amendment significant is that it introduces due process in the manner in which we deal with the challenges that have been experienced. When this matter first exploded onto the national scene, you witnessed a very cavalier manner in which the authorities dealt with it. Of course, everybody admitted there was a problem. I believe there is still a problem. We dealt with that matter in a manner that definitely challenged the tenets and the foundations of due process. By making sure that we provide for a tribunal in law, you actually are putting in place a process and procedure through which you can process complaints. Those who are suspected of being culpable can then be processed in a manner that is in consonance with the spirit and letter of the law. Indeed, that is a good thing."
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