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    "id": 732005,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/732005/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "id": 1356,
        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "The exams in this country have become a condemning issue for our students. It has become a chance for people to condemn others. Exams should not be used to condemn people, but to test the progress of students. As we dissolve this House and go to the 12th Parliament, we have not brought clear reforms in the education system. First of all, we should look at whether we need exams which enable us to get Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE). We are condemning our children as young as 12 years old. Right now, kids as young as 12 or 13 years old will not sit for their KCPE exams. I want to ask the nation and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology: What do you do with a child who has failed KCPE exams at the age of 12 years old? That is the question we should all be asking. If you condemn them and you cannot allow them to continue with education or go to Form One, what happens to them? They go home. If they are girls, they get married and if they are boys, they become thugs and boda boda riders. We are losing the next generation of youths because of condemning them as early as when they are sitting for exams, which enable them to get KCPE. This House and nation should really look at that, and make sure that we scrap KCPE exams and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams as a continuous assessment towards joining the university. We will be saving this country."
}