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    "id": 1064770,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1064770/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyeri Town, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ngunjiri Wambugu",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Deric Ngunjiri Wambugu",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this appointment. I had actually raised a point of order on the comments that were made by the Leader of the Minority, Hon. Mbadi. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research, one of the things we interrogated was the importance of that particular Department. Hon. Speaker, curriculum implementation, which is what Dr. Fatuma is coming into the department to do, is important. I do not know whether Hon. Mbadi has children in the lower classes. We are currently going through a transition of curriculum. The transition is affecting millions of children. I wish he was arguing for us to remove another State Department but not this one. This particular department is concerned with millions of children. We have children in primary schools right now who are undergoing learning under two systems, namely, the lower classes under the CBC and the upper classes under the 8-4-4. That transition is a critical part of our education system that needs to be overseen very closely. That is what this State Department is going to be overseeing In my opinion, it would then be important for Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Junet to interrogate what role this particular State Department is going to be doing. We cannot reject something for the sake of rejecting it. There has to be context. We cannot make a point of saying that we are going to reject this appointment so that we can make a point. We have to do it based on context. I am a bit disappointed in Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Junet and I want to inform them that this State Department is going to be overseeing work that affects millions of children who are going through a transition in their curriculum. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker."
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