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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion, but with a lot of concern. This is because when the Motion was moved and seconded, it raised a lot of other concerns that were not envisaged in this Motion. Therefore, the Mover was very concerned, as a teacher herself, with the way the education system is going on in this country or the way it has been set up. It is very hard to start talking about something in the middle, unless, first of all, you consider the historical part of the whole situation. We must ask ourselves where we are coming from and for how long have we been on this journey to where we are, where Sen.(Dr.) Zani, myself and others are now concerned about the quality, equalisation and some people being left out. It is now time for us to forget the past. However, history cannot be forgotten. We have to take the bull by the horns now and ask ourselves whether or not we are doing the right thing. Some of us did not go to very good schools, but we managed to get somewhere because of sheer initiative and decision making; that you want to be like so and so and you must get there. I heard the Chairperson say that there are some students who are cleverer than others in terms of intelligence and other strengths. My belief is that every child will get anywhere given the opportunity and exposure unless he was not born normally. It may not be just excelling and becoming a PhD or a Master in Education holder, but excelling in many other different ways in life. Some of the people who have changed and transformed this world are the people that you think are not intelligent.They have their perception in life, move to that direction without fear and they make sure that they live in that street of searching for knowledge until they get it. The opportunity that has just been given by Sen. (Dr.)Zani is very important for us to be reminded that we are swimming in very deep waters that we do not know how deep it is and whether we are going to make it to the other side. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, fifty years of Independence is enough to take stock and ask what we have done. We could not have been magicians that we had to do what we expected. This is something we are proud of. Has our past education system transformed this country the way you and I would want to see it? Is transformation producing PhDs? This has happened to a few people who had the opportunity to get The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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