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    "id": 121586,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/121586/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Education. In January this year, the Ministry of Education, through the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) implemented changes in the school syllabus allowing students to take simpler sciences as opposed to pure sciences. Last week, the Ministry, through the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), issued a restriction on the implementation of the changes it had earlier done. It restricted the directive to involve whole schools and not individual students. I am seeking to know the following:- (i) Why has the Ministry restricted the option to schools belatedly and without involvement or consultation with the relevant stakeholders as it had earlier done? (ii) What does he propose to do about the current Form Three students who took up the option of the simpler sciences early in the year, but are currently stranded as a result of the latest directive, considering that they cannot go back to the pure sciences half-way the syllabus duration? (iii) What action does he propose to take to ensure that in the future, different institutions in charge of syllabus and examination management under his Ministry will co-ordinate and work harmoniously while implementing similar changes to avoid confusion and hardships to students and other stakeholders?"
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