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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, competition is natural. Children go to school for the purposes of preparing for life. As young people grow, they compete in all aspects. In fact, as you watch our children grow, you notice that they compete in simple things like running, playing marbles, in age and height. Therefore, it is natural for us to compete. As we grow older, we still compete. In fact, competition among older people is in terms of the amount of money available in their bank accounts, the size of house one lives in, the types of cars they drive, among other aspects. We need to be careful to note that competition is natural. The purpose of education is to prepare children for life ahead. We have to rank our children so that they can grow up naturally, knowing that there is competition in the future. As we get into the job market, there are targets set by our employers. Target setting for employees is actually a form of ranking. The employees who perform better in organizations are ranked better. Therefore, they get promotions. When we tell our children that we are doing away with ranking and, therefore, we shall not have number one through to number last, we are being unnatural and very unfair. There are some arguments that have been propagated in this House, which cannot go unchallenged. There is an argument that has been advanced against ranking – that, ranking encourages cheating in examinations. The real reason for cheating is for students to qualify for admission into better performing secondary schools, or to get The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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