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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to second this Motion. This is a very important Motion which is going to bring order to the education sector. After the abolition of the ranking system, there was confusion in the country. It was like the country was in darkness. In fact, the other day when the KCSE results came out, there was a lot of circulation of different results by different people because we lacked official communication from the Ministry. There was a lot of circulation on the internet and in the media, which were not accurate and, therefore, misleading and bringing confusion to the education sector. Whereas the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Science and Technology mentioned that ranking had a lot of negative issues, he totally ignored the positive issues. I find the decision by the Ministry to abolish ranking both misleading and untimely. Kenya is still a young developing nation. In the education sector, we have had traditions. We cannot wish away our traditions just because of a negative issue, which can never supersede the positive issues. Many people are interested in the ranking, including the children in the schools. I have a young boy in Standard Eight and when the KCSE results were announced, he was very worried. He asked me why the Cabinet Secretary was only considering the negatives and not the positives. That shows you how our children enjoy the ranking. They want to be mentioned that they have topped the country. The ranking has been a motivation. One time, the former Minister for Education, Prof. Ongeri, mentioned Weiwei High School in Pokot, which had done very well. That was a motivation to others. I still mention to the rural schools in my constituency that it is possible to top in the country just like Weiwei High School did. However, in the absence of ranking, a school like Weiwei High School, which is deep in the interior, could not have been known in the country."
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