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    "id": 905611,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/905611/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to add my voice to the Petition against the Kenya School of Law. I want to congratulate Sen. Cherargei, the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, for bringing this Petition to this House. I support this Petition because young people have gone through a number of challenges; and they continue going through those challenges. Many parents have struggled to raise fees for their children to get to that level of education yet only 18 per cent of those students pass the exams. That is devastating to the parents and the students. We have all sat for exams and we know the anxiety that comes with exams. It is bad for one to fail exams when they have done their best. Many Senators have talked of the challenges and the frustrations that those students have faced in the school. Resitting the same exam or redoing the entire course is not easy and that has made some people to suffer depression. Many young people are committing suicide because they do not see any light at the end of the tunnel. They study hard and deny themselves so many things, just for them not to get what they expected. This Senate has to stand up for these young people. The Committee should give this Petition the attention that it deserves. We must know the reason behind the mass failure. We do not want to depend on rumours. If the failure is intentional, then this House will demand for further action.We will ask for compensation for the years wasted because parents are frustrated. We want those parents to understand the reason for the failures. We urge the Committee to look into the matter and it should furnish this House with information as to why many students have failed."
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