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    "id": 514047,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/514047/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this Motion on the ranking system for national schools. I want to support this Motion. In Makueni where I come from, we have very good primary and secondary schools and part of it has been through competition and ranking. Therefore, pupils, including myself when I was one, would look forward to competition at the end of the year. I remember when I left primary school, we were number three in Kenya and that caused a lot of excitement. Others wanted to be like us because competition improves studying. I also remember when I left secondary school going to university, my school was number one in Kenya and it caused a lot of excitement. Therefore, school ranking is very important. It does not happen only in Kenya, it happens all over the world. There was no basis for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology either in law or in common practice, just to one day wake up and do away with the school ranking system. There was no consultation; it did not consult the relevant education stakeholders. They just woke up and a few people decided that there cannot be ranking probably for their own private reasons."
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