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    "id": 211026,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/211026/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to correct the impression that areas that were historically advantaged are always doing the best in the Kenya National Examinations. For example, I have picked Eastern Province. Marsabit District has been the top district in the last three years, and there were other schools like Maranda, which have been among the top in the country. This also applies to--- You know, the top student last year came from Kapsabet Boys High School. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me say that, generally, of course, there are problems and historical disadvantages, but there are cases where we find some minor differences in terms of performance. What we are doing, as a Ministry, is to invest in instruction; we are investing in the training of teachers, some training for school committees but, mainly, some inputs especially in primary schools in terms of textbooks and so on. So, there are many measures that we are taking as a Ministry to ensure that there is some kind of equity. In areas that are more remote, there are plots for boarding primary schools, there are grants specifically meant for those disadvantaged areas and there are bursary programmes to support education. So, whatever is being done is being done across the country. But there is even much more emphasis being put on areas that are more disadvantaged, even though it might take us a bit of time before we narrow the gap between the districts that do so well and those that have been doing rather poorly on average."
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