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    "id": 1119742,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof) Kamar): Hon. Senators, I hereby report that a Petition has been submitted to the Senate by Mr. Fred O. Sagwe and other residents of Mombasa County concerning the introduction of the chess game in the school curriculum as a tool for education and promotion of good health. As you are aware, Article 119(1) of the Constitution states as follows- “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in the petition are: (a) That chess is a universal game that promotes key intellectual skills such as problem solving, evaluation, critical thinking and planning. Further, chess education has a substantial positive effect and plays a natural adjunct in terms of mathematical achievements, engineering and physical science. (b) That chess involves intense intellectual challenge, which contributes to improved memory and attention span ability for young players. Additionally, researchers have found evidence that arising from challenging the memory and critical thinking abilities, chess may help reduce cognitive decline and postpone the effect of dementia for older persons. (c) That chess is considered as a co-curricular and an extra activity in the current 8-4-4 education system and the new 2-6-3-3-3 Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), which enables teachers to place more emphasis on a learners ability to process issues as well as nurture their competencies based on their skills, talents and interests. (d) That in 2016, Chess Kenya submitted a memorandum to the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) with the aim of including chess education into the"
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