Alfred Agoi Masadia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill is giving true meaning to Article 43(1)(f) of the Constitution which guarantees everybody the right to education. Many students go to secondary school and they spend their first 15 or 18 years in school. KNEC was given powers to administer examinations to students, but they condemn them by nullifying the results without any reason. KNEC was given power which it has misused. We said in this Bill that KNEC powers must be distributed now. They have misused and used them arbitrarily. They do not cater for the interest of the students and their future. We have said some ... view
• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Section 47 of the Constitution gives everybody a right to fair administration. Everybody must get a chance to be heard and to be told what went wrong, and what solution was to be done and it was not taken care of. The students should not worry now. This august House has a solution for them. They should work hard. They should not get involved in any malpractices. If they do that, when the tribunal comes, the truth will come out and they will be seen to have cheated. We want to encourage them to have their sweat on the paper, ... view
• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: My issue goes to KNEC. I want them to raise the bar of professionalism in the investigations of examination irregularities. Members in this House have said that there have been malpractices, bribery and buying of results. This should stop. If they do no raise their bar, when the tribunal sits, that evidence will come out. We have lifted the blanket amnesty under section 9 of the Act. It protects all of them from all the mistakes they have committed. Attention should be paid to Clause 45(f) of the Bill which states that if they are found to be guilty, they ... view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that The Kenya National Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill be now read a Second Time. view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill concerns an amendment to Section 45 of the Kenya National Examinations Council Act (2012) with regard to nullifications of examinations and investigations. The education sector, in the past, has faced a lot of challenges because of examination irregularities and cheating. We had an opportunity to look at this Bill and identify where the problem is. The reason this happened is because I had a case in my constituency. In 2014, 317 students of Chavakali High School sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. Out of the 317 students, 314 had their exams cancelled. The reason that ... view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: If you go to the KNEC Act, you will find that they have kind of limited those rights that are given by the Constitution. Section 42 of the Act says: (1) The right to access to information guaranteed under Article 35 of the Constitution is hereby limited under Article 24 of the Constitution to the nature and extent as contemplated under subsection (2). (2) The Council, being a public entity, shall be under no obligation contemplated under Article 35 of the Constitution to give such information as would, in the opinion of the council- (a) Compromise the integrity of any ... view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: of forming another body which is going to cost taxpayers some money. I think we limit it to the position where if there is an irregularity then the tribunal can be formed by the CS. We have issues in Kenya now. The CS for Education has struggled to save the education sector by eliminating examination irregularities, but in the process he has killed careers and lives of over 800 students because everybody seems to think there is a problem with the last examination results. The teachers have complained there is a problem. Parents have also complained there is a problem. ... view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: established that these people have been doing business with students and schools, nobody has been arrested to date. Section 45(f) says that a member, officer, agent or staff of the Council whose omission and/or commission leads to examination irregularity commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to imprisonment of five years’ term or fine not exceeding Kshs5 million. We want to open up the Act so that officers who will be pinpointed during investigations of examination irregularities can be vulnerable. We do not want them to hide under Section 19 of the Act and say that they cannot be ... view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to reply to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly No. 44 of 2016). Before I reply, I would like to donate a minute to the hon. Member who wants to say a point because this is a matter of national importance. Then after that, I will give a minute to Hon. Wesley. view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view