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    "id": 886936,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/886936/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13417,
        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
        "slug": "bashir-sheikh-abdullah"
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    "content": "If you recall the way last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations were conducted, you remember there was securitisation of the entire exercise, courtesy of Prof. Magoha. It was like we were watching a Hollywood movie. Every CS and senior civil servant went out there with armed police officers guarding students as if there was war. Were we at war with the Al-Shabaab or we were doing exams? At the end of the exams, the good professor announced to Kenyans that there was no cheating and everything went well. However, when the results were released, it turned out that over 3,000 students’ results were withheld and then he claimed that there was cheating. Why did he contradict himself? So, his first announcement was a show off that things were in order, but in between, things happened. Over 3,000 students did not get their examination results yet the entire internal security network was deployed to ensure that there was no cheating. He confirmed that there was no cheating yet results of 3,000 candidates were cancelled. These are things that the Committee on Appointments should have asked him to explain. We did not ask such questions, but we have an opportunity to tell Kenyans that he is not fit to hold that office. Secondly, there is the issue of arrogance. Prof. Magoha refused to accept audience with leaders from northern Kenya when they approached him on issues of exam cancellation. They camped at the KNEC compound, but there was no audience. He is becoming the CS for Education now. I am certain that all of you will not access his office because he is arrogant. He sees you as somebody who is very low in terms of CVs. As the Minority Whip has just said, you will not access him. We have people who do not have good CVs and they started very low. For example, Sultan Joho is doing very well even though he does not have papers. Papers do not mean that you are a good manager."
}