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ENGLISH
Paper 2
(Comprehension, Literary Appreciation and Grammar)
FORM 3
Time 2hours
BALAMBALA SECONDARY SCHOOL END
TERM 2 2022

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1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The statements, events and reactions of the past couple of weeks surrounding the perennially vexed
subject of corruption makes me wonder. Are we on the cusp of the challenge to and confrontation against
corruption?

Certainly we have come a long way In identifying and isolating it. Let me give a small example. Twenty
one years ago, I wrote a piece for the Sunday Nation which was entitled "Why Kenya's looting brigade
now has its eyes on public land"

The main thrust of the article was that after the monetary excesses of 1992 and 1993, there was a
growing penchant for Kenya's looting brigade to next move their focus and activities to public land. The
process was as simple and as was crude. A handful of politically connected private individuals or entities
would get allocated a prime piece of public land for a nominal sum. A title would be processed and then it
would be sold, in part or whole, at a much higher price to a public institution that had the cash resources.
It became known as "land grabbing" and most Kenyans can give countless examples of where this has
taken place. It was double plunder because not only was the land grabbed; it was often paid out of public
resources or savings that were meant for other things.

Today, we talk about this activity and make reference to it with alacrity and in most cases without fear.
Not so in [Link] I first wrote the piece and offered it to the Sunday Nation, it passed the relevant
tests of being well researched and factually correct, but publishing it was another matter. There was a
culture of fear that shrouded the whole country and putting one's head above the parapet was regarded as
dangerous and reckless. The piece was pushed around a couple of editorial desks and the decision to
publish was deferred for a while I recall I was requested to "soften" the piece. When it did eventually get
printed, I was very much aware that I might get a backlash and braced myself accordingly. Today, there
is much less remaining of that culture of fear but as we have been reminded several times recently,
corruption at many levels continues unabated. The Dossier compiled by the Ethics and Anti-corruption
Authority (EACC) is evidence enough. The stance made by the president on Thursday is also
encouraging.

So where to now? There is no doubt that the public outrage the majority of the population, who are mere
victims, as opposed to beneficiaries, is gathering the momentum of landslide proportions. We should not
underestimate that growing anger. This is both unsurprising and gratifying. For most of us, corruption just
makes our lives much tougher, more fatiguing and even expensive.

The big question is: how seriously will those who have been named take it? The norm in many countries
which aspire to high integrity standards is that when a person is named by such a body as the EACC, then
that person should step aside. The onus is on the relevant bodies to complete investigations and prosecute
as and when necessary and for the person named to defend him or herself.

That is where we should be heading. The president should make it clear that all the people named in the
scandal should step aside. If we move down that road, then we are indeed heading in the right direction. If
we do not then this will just be another bout of public gesturing of the bread and circuses variety.

Lastly, the EACC and in turn the Director of Public Prosecution, need to do some serious ground work to
fully support and, where applicable, prosecute what is being alleged. We are watching and in a number of
cases, rather sceptically.

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Questions

a) According to the passage, what statements show that corruption has taken a long time
to be addressed? (2marks)

b) From the writer’s perspective, what is land grabbing? (2marks)

c) Why is it easier today to talk about land grabbing? (2marks)

d) Why does the writer refer to land grabbing as the double plunder? (2marks)

e) How does corruption affect the wider society? (2marks)

f) What steps should be taken when suspects involved in corruption step aside? Give
your answer in note form. (3marks)

g) We should not underestimate that growing anger. ( Rewrite in passive) (2mk)

h) In which way can the EACC help in the fight against corruption? (2marks

i) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the passage? (3marks)

i. Thrust

ii. Deferred

iii. Dossier

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Read the following excerpts and answer the questions that follow

Although Resian had a lot to complain and grumble about in life in their new
environment, Taiyo found it tolerable.

For instance, she gladly discovered that mornings in their new home began with a lively
chatter of birds in the trees surrounding their house. That gave the home an
atmosphere of tranquility and peace.

However, one of the unpleasant aspects that the girls had to live with was the constant
violation of their privacy.

In Nasila, they soon discovered, the home belonged to all the clan members. It was not
an unusual thing to get up in the morning to find the living room full of men and women
who came early, not for any tangible business, but simply to share a sumptuous
breakfast with their kith and kin.

Taiyo and Resian were soon to get used to hearing an urgent knock at the door very
early in the morning. On opening, they would invariably be met by a grinning group of
men or women who would unashamedly ask them what they were doing in bed that late
in the morning.

They would proceed to take seats in the living room and order them to serve them
breakfast.

When they got used to what at first, they considered negative aspects of the Nasila
culture, Taiyo and Resian adjusted accordingly and soon they began to live

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harmoniously with the people. Their father was out of the homestead most of the time
working at the shop and organizing other business matters.

His absence meant the absence of his irksome and corrosive remarks that always
heightened tension in the house. In his absence, the house was a continuous joy with
comfort and conveniences, and the girls found it pleasurable to keep it clean and well-
arranged.

Questions

2) Where had the family been living before and why did they move? (3 marks)

3) Give the character traits of the following:

Taiyo

The people of Nasila (8 marks)

4) Discuss a theme implied in the extract. (3 marks)

5) Using the rest of the book, cite and explain one cultural aspect that had a life
changing effect on the lives of the two girls (3mks)

6) Explain a stylistic device used in the extract. (2mks)

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7) Taiyo and Resian adjusted accordingly? Add a question tag. (1mk)

3 Read the poem below and answer the questions thereafter.

I watched her at the bus stop
White blouse swelling
Before the impatient push
Of breasts earger to be free
Orange skirt billowing provocatively
Under the silken cares
Of the harbor breeze
Eyes flashing with life
I watched her,
But went quickly on my way,
For she was but a secondary student

I would have forgotten her

But I saw her again that night
Glowing in the soft light of mpakani Bar,
Six inches taller
Wide trouser clinging possessively
The youthful thrust of her buttocks
Before dropping to mask the raised heels
She was transformed!
I wouldn’t have recognized her
But for those eyes
So provocatively thirsty
With a pang of jelousy
I glanced at her partner
And chocked into my glass-

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 My father!
Richard S. Mabala.

a) What is the poem about?Illustrate. 2mks

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i) I wouldn’t have recognized her but for those eyes.

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g) Explain these expressions as used in the poem:
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4 Grammar (15 marks)

a) Rewrite each of the following sentences as instructed do not change the meaning
(3mks)
i) Makau gives a present to each of his friends during Christmas (Rewrite in passive)
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ii) It began to drizzle as soon as we started our exams (Rewrite beginning: Hardly..)
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iii) “Why do you always come late to work?” The boss asked. ‘‘This is no longer
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b) Rewrite the sentences below replacing the underlined words with appropriate phrasal
verb. (3mks)
i) Juma always visited us when he had time.
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ii) The teacher was angry with us.
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iii) We opened school two weeks early to compensate for the lost time
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c) Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.
(3mks)
i) Abudi was liked by all her colleagues because of her ……………………( humble)
ii) She was relieved when the three …………………( passer-by) left her compound.
iii) He ………………………………(true) believes in hard work.

e) Fill in the blank spaces below with the most appropriate preposition. (1mks)
i) The Harambee Stars players shared the prize money __________ themselves

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