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    "id": 731977,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/731977/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) R.N. Wanyonyi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Reginalda Nakhumicha Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "As I conclude, I want to say that examinations in Kenya cannot be seen to be fair to all the students who sit for them. We have variations in provision of facilities. Certain schools do not have the basic facilities to enable those students to pass exams. They include books, pens, teaching materials and even teacher-student ratio. Those are the factors that determine the quality and passing of exams. Those are the factors that need to be considered if we want to have a fair representation of our students in the same examinations. In some cases, some teachers do not even have basic facilities like housing. A teacher who is closer to his or her students will definitely impact on that particular student or pupil in a much more effective way than a teacher who, for example, is not close to his or her students. If a teacher treks for about two kilometers to his or her place of work, you do not expect that teacher to effectively interact with that pupil for effective learning and, therefore, passing of examinations. We need to look at some of those things seriously. We need to look at the teacher to student ratio. We also need to look at facilities like provision of basic amenities like books and electricity. I want to thank the Government. As we talk now, almost every public school is accessing electricity. Those are some of the amenities that will provide equal opportunities to those particular pupils or students so that, when they sit for an exam, they can actually boast of it and the results they will get will be fair. This Bill is timely and we must stand and make the necessary amendments to ensure that the examinations that reach our pupils and students are standardised and benefit all across the socio-economic status, regions, urban and rural areas."
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