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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to fully support this Motion. I want to sincerely thank Mr. Kaino for bringing it forward. Education is key to any family and child of this country. It is the wish of every citizen and parent in this country that their children get quality education. It is always the wish of every family that their children get opportunities in schools where there are facilities. It goes without saying that our national schools rank first in terms of having almost all the required facilities in this country. During our time, from the village schools where we went to, all of us had equal opportunities of joining national schools. I do recall that during my time, I travelled all the way to Starehe Boys Centre for an interview because at that time, it was possible for any child from any part of this country learning in our public schools to make it to Starehe Boys Centre. That is not the case today. Our public schools then used to perform very well. After sometime, the performance of our public schools went down. Instead of the Ministry of Education and all us as leaders joining hands to address the problem of poor performance in our public primary schools, we open academies and take our children to them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even the Ministry of Education officers, instead of addressing the issue, also took their children to private schools. Of course, even the Members of Parliament and other people in other positions do not have their children in public schools. As a result, the education in our public primary schools has gone down. Therefore, there is need for us to urgently address this matter."
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