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    "id": 731990,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I associate myself with the Bill so deeply because of what it propagates. It is meant to ensure that our examinations are more credible and acceptable universally, and that the issues that have devoured the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) for many years become a thing of the past. You cannot be a judge of your own case. For a long time, KNEC has been the judge of their own cases. They have been marking exams, condemning results and passing judgement on candidates. How can you do all those things at ago from one source? It is an opportune time to audit what KNEC has been doing so that, in case there is a complaint, we can get a fair judgement. I have had cases in my constituency. Kisii High School is one of the national schools which have suffered so much under the poor judgement by KNEC. They have passed judgements which have hurt students. Those are young people with aspirations. A mistake of an individual can cause condemnation of an entire school. Students have lost opportunities. That is not the way to do it. Therefore, I am grateful that my good friend has seen it fit to bring this amendment Bill in order for us to address those concerns and make our national examinations more acceptable. In this country, children from schools in rural areas, like Irondi Secondary School in my rural village, sit for the same exams with students in highly established urban schools like Alliance High School. That is not fair. It is not equitable. You cannot have a common exam for students in national schools and students in local schools. Therefore, the Government and the general leadership of this country have a duty to ensure that newly coming up schools are provided with enough resources to ensure that they have equal chances of preparing their students early enough to face national exams, just like students in a national school in Nairobi. Some people have failed exams at one stage of their lives because of such disparities."
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