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    "id": 902662,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can feel the anger that is being exhibited by the distinguished Senator for Mandera County. The Chairperson of the Committee on Education must, in response to Sen. Dullo‟s Statement, bring very clear answers to this House. Why is the Ministry of Education engaged in incoherent and inconsistent policies about education in this country? Every other day, they come up with something controversial, unacceptable and harmful of the people of this country. You cannot commit yourself to 100 per cent transition regardless of the outcomes of examinations and then discontinue people who have been admitted to colleges on the basis that they have a lower grade. Secondly, why were those young Kenyans admitted to the colleges in the first place? Did they not know that they had D+ when they were being admitted? In this country, parents sell land and other possession, including cattle, to take children to schools and colleges. We have a serious shortage of teachers in this country particularly in marginalised areas of northern Kenya, not to mention areas in inaccessible rural places such as parts of Bungoma, Mt. Elgon and so on and so forth. We want the Ministry of Education to come clean on this matter and tell this country how they will compensate those children, including but not limited to the amount of money paid, the embarrassment they have suffered and what kind of compensation in terms of assistance so that they can train. As I finish, we have had great men in this country. Prof. Ali Mazrui, the most celebrated scholar this country has ever produced, did not pass Form Four examinations but he went on to be the best scholar this country has ever had. Learning is a continuous process and you cannot judge somebody on the basis of a grade awarded for sitting an exam for six hours in one day. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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