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    "id": 453479,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say right from the outset that I oppose this Motion for some reasons. The fact that this Motion has come at this time means that it is misplaced. Right now, for one to set up a nursery school, primary school, secondary school or any technical school, one has to get a certificate from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. So, as it has been said by most hon. Members, saying that the standards of education in Kenya are low is not correct. I think they are living in a different world and not in this country. Most hon. Members will agree with me that Kenya’s standards of education are very high. I know for sure that people who leave this country and go out there can attest to that fact. As hon. Pokose mentioned, I come from around the border of Kenya and Uganda. You find that our people leave this country with a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education mean grade “D” or “D+” or “C” qualification, which is very highly accepted across the border. He goes to Makerere University or to some other university out there but when he comes back with a degree, he cannot be given a job. I have two nieces and a neighbour who went to the neighbouring state for studies. My neighbour got his first degree in Commerce but five years down the line, he has not been employed. I know that very few of us have gone to India. There is a guy I went to school with. He left this country with a Division III qualification and came back with a Masters degree from India. I have known people who have gone to the United States of America. If you go to the USA with a degree from Kenya in whatever field of study, if you line up with somebody from the USA, you will be the first one to be taken. For one to say that the standards of education in this country are low, one must be misguided. Maybe, he does not know the reality. Fine, we can have a regulatory body to look at some of the standards. I quite agree---"
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