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    "id": 929240,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also wish to join you in welcoming the students from Kakamega and Nandi counties. We talked about cancer yesterday, and I talked of the relationship between cancer and corruption. Today, I want to relate corruption to cheating of exams. We believe that one harvests what they plant. The character of these students is being formed in school. Therefore, I want them to have a different life from ours. They should grow up to be honest people and apply that honesty in their exams. We have had rampant cases of exam malpractices and that is where corruption begins. A child who cheats in school will continue cheating. In my vernacular, we say that if you stole a camel, you should not expect that camel to produce a camel that belongs to you; it will not. The product of the camel you stole is still a stolen camel. Madam Temporary Speaker, for us to have integrity, it must start in our classrooms. Therefore, this is the right forum for me to address these students. If we have to change the thinking in this country, then integrity and honesty needs to start with young minds who need to be nurtured from now. I, therefore, challenge our teachers that, 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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