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    "id": 810462,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/810462/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of concerned citizens of Kenya, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, over the years, diploma-offering teachers’ training colleges and universities have been admitting students with grade C+ and above who do not meet the cut-off points to join public universities to pursue diploma courses in teaching; THAT, the performance of students in the KCSE for the years 2016 and 2017 was quite low thus all students who scored C+ and above were admitted to join public universities by Kenya Universities andColleges Central Placement Service; THAT, this change has greatly reduced the number of students interested in joining diploma- offering teachers’ training colleges and universities to train as teachers and is bound to adversely affect the teaching profession both in the medium and long term; THAT, this deficit in the number of admissions can be utilised by allowing students with grades C plain an opportunity to join diploma-offering teachers’ training colleges and universities; THAT, the matter presented in this Petition is not pending before any court of law, tribunal or constitutional body. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Education and Research: 1. Inquires into and reports on the matter with a view to ensuring that the Petitioners’ plight is addressed; 2. Recommends the lowering of entry points to diploma-offering teachers’ training colleges and universities; and, 3. Makes any other order or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of the case. And your Petitioners will ever pray. I thank you."
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