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    "id": 1119764,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1119764/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Petition brought by Mr. Sagwe and the other petitioners. It is a very pragmatic Petition addressing a critical issue in the education sector. This is probably something that not many people have given thought to. Madam Deputy Speaker, it is interesting that this team of petitioners already engaged the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). This Petition, if given a chance will allow the Committee to interact with the various stakeholders. It should be able to catapult this discussion to a different level and begin to answer the question of, if such proposals were given, where did they stall? What are the pros and cons? What are the advantages? Some of these advantages are very clear. We are moving towards Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Therefore, encouragement of critical thinking and planning, the issue of intensive challenges, strategy and all these, are taken in very well. The petitioners are concisely asking: Should this be part of the main curriculum or as an extra-curricular? There are various issues that need to be put into perspective, but by bringing it as a Petition to the Senate, it allows the relevant Committee together with the stakeholders to take it to the next level. Many of the countries that are developed are turning to critical thinking, not only just for the development of a nation, but also for progression within that particular society. Some of the issues are very fundamental. The issue of budget and support is key. Also key is the issue of ensuring that it is entrenched within the CBC and the curriculum."
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