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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cynthia Muge",
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    "content": "To say that the CBC started nine years ago is a statement of fact. I do not think we now have a right to say that the CBC has been implemented in a hurry. The CBC has been running for nine years and its pioneers, as we all know, are in junior secondary schools as we speak. I am speaking as a full-time parent of children who started right from Pre-Primary One (PP1). I have not had other kids who went through the 8-4-4 System of Education. I only have kids who have gone through the CBC. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the CBC is a very good system. It is a system that can take us from one level of development, as a country, to the another if the teething problems, as Hon. Members have stated, are looked into. As it is right now, the CBC is a test on the leadership of this country. Any leadership is put to test when a special issue that is very basic and very emotive is put to question. This is such a time. As a House of leaders, we should be on the forefront in providing solutions and not bashing the same system. Every education system has problems when it is first rolled out. I had not come of age when the A-Level education system was in place. Of course, I did not get an opportunity to hear the kind of concerns that people had during the transition period from the A-Level to the 8-4-4 System of Education but I am glad that I am here during the current transition. Hon. Temporary Speaker, someone said that we are better off having a practical kind of education system – an education system that imparts skills on pupils and students for them to be able to use them to cater for themselves in terms of getting jobs and providing for their families. The CBC is a very good system if we mitigate the challenges that are facing it by ensuring that, as a House of Parliament, we oversee its implementation. We should provide The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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