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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilgoris, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Sunkuli",
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    "content": " Sorry, I did not hear that, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion by my friend, Hon. Ruku. It is very interesting because the Mover of the Motion is asking us to urgently develop a comprehensive policy on junior secondary schools and a clear implementation framework. I was having a chat with my good friend, Dr Nyikal, whose idea I quickly borrowed. While we support Hon. Ruku, it must be noticed that we are doing something which we ought to have done long ago. If I were to borrow his words: How do visitors come to your house, and then you start preparing for them? We should have prepared for junior secondary schools long ago. Now that we did not do it, it is very good that we start implementation of this policy. When I look at this House, I see two categories of people. I see people like me, who went to seven years of primary school, four years of secondary school, two years of high school, and three years of university. That is the same education system that people in the United Kingdom, who educated us, go through, as well as in neighbouring Uganda. I always look at myself and say that I am very well-educated. If I add another master’s degree, I will be like everybody else who is currently going to school. Somewhere along the line, the education system changed. I can see the second category of people here who went through the 8-4-4 education system. When the 8-4-4 education system was founded, it was based on the policy that students require practical skills that they can take home. So, workshops were built and many other adjustments were made. So, majority of Members of Parliament went through the 8-4-4 education system. Currently, for no apparent reason at all, we have the CBC. I do not know whether this would be outrageous to suggest, but I think it is time we incorporated our education system in the Constitution, so that it does not change like the weather. Kenya is very good at something called benchmarking. One of you might go to Papua New Guinea, see something good there, and then come and tell the whole country that we must change to be like Papua New Guinea. There must be a stop to the overhaul of the education system. We can change some things in the education system, but we cannot just overhaul it every day or turn it upside down. One day, we have the 8-4-4, another day, the CBC, another day, something else. We should put a stop to that."
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