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    "id": 1104847,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, my worry is to do with the matters in court. However, I am sure Hon. Sossion is quite aware that we did present in this House a Report on the Sessional Paper, because he has been a Member of the Departmental Committee on Education. Sessional Paper No.1 of 2019 seeks to reform the education system by advocating for training for sustainable development. The Sessional Paper was approved by this House on 1st October 2019, which was basically the approval of this House for implementation of the CBC education system. I do not know whether Hon. Sossion is now challenging the decision of the House in this regard. Irrespective of what happens in the course of adjudicating the Petition, I would like to remind you that this House debated and approved the Sessional Paper that anchored the CBC system of education into law. I do not want to discuss the matter in detail while it is still pending in court. There are whole lot of things that can be said about the matters that have been raised here. I would also like to remind ourselves that implementation of the CBC system of education started more than five years ago. Our children have been going to school under this new system for the last five years and have since transited from grade to grade. The people trying to challenge the system need to know that there are children who have already gone through five years of this education system. I do not know whether they believe that this should now be reversed so that those children can go back to Standard One under the 8-4-4 system, which has since been discarded? So, there are some things we need to think through in the greater public interest, in line with our care for the welfare society. I am just for real justice for all. Those are the things that Hon. Sossion needs to bear in mind apart from the fact that this matter is challenged. It is currently in court. It is important that we wait for the decision of the court so that we do not join the debate on the folly and merits of the CBC system of education because doing so now would be politicising the whole thing. We must also remember that we may be traumatising our children as we discuss this matter. We will be almost telling them that they are following the wrong system of education. It is something we need to be very careful about since we are talking about delicate kids who are in Grade Five. They might be traumatised by what we are saying. They might think that they are getting the wrong education."
}