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    "id": 1048576,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1048576/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
        "slug": "irungu-kangata"
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    "content": "Member of County Assembly or President. In the private sector or in business world, people compete. We even have an authority called Competition Authority (CA), whose essence is to boost competition; competitiveness of our businesses. In sports, we have Manchester United and Chelsea football clubs for example. The whole idea is that we want them to compete, so that we know who is the best, and who is the worst. In all spheres of this society, it is about competition. Therefore, when we now start saying we are not going to examination or ranking--- Madam Temporary Speaker, by the way, I oppose vehemently the decision by the Government to do away with ranking. I want to know what number Murang’a County is in KCPE and KCSE. I want to know the best and the worst school in my county, so that I can take remedial actions to motivate teachers and students to do more. The decision to do away with ranking is a negation of Article 35 of the Constitution, which provides for the right of information. We are entitled as stakeholders to know how our children are performing; those that are doing well and badly, so that we take remedial actions to support those that are not doing well to improve. We should not say that we cannot rank because we do not want competition. No! That is the world we are living in. We need to create a generation of competitive youth; people who would strive to be the best. Madam Temporary Speaker, I suspect that socialism is creeping in this society. What we create in a society is equality of opportunities, not equality of outcomes. That is why I support this Motion because it is trying to create equal opportunities by investing in the vulnerable groups in the counties. You are only creating equal opportunities, but cannot guarantee equal outcomes because are things that are beyond us. It depends on several factors. Madam Temporary Speaker, these reforms that are now being adopted by the Ministry of Education, I suspect they are going to make Kenya a less competitive---"
}