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    "id": 516713,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/516713/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "People can now use such loopholes to con Kenyans. We want order in the education sector. It is high time we returned order in the sector. Having said so, it is not only in the education sector where ranking is done. Within the Executive, the same Ministry that has stopped the ranking of schools is among the Ministries which are being ranked now. The persons who are running the Ministry are under performance contracts. How can Prof. Kaimenyi say that ranking of schools is not good when his own Ministry is being ranked through performance contracting? Even employees in private companies serve under performance contracting. They are ranked on an annual basis through an appraisal system. Top performers are given bonuses and salary increments. Even churches have gone to competition. They rank themselves during choir competitions. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, schools still participate in extra-curricular activities, including drama and music festivals, during which they are ranked. Even our friends who enjoy watching the English Premier League can attest to the fact that football clubs and individuals are ranked according to performance. Therefore, ranking is a worldwide tradition that we cannot wish away. Ranking in schools has been a very good pillar in terms of creating internal competition. Teachers and students compete amongst their peers. Such competition helps to improve the performance of schools. Rewarding of teachers and students has been based on ranking. When ranking schools, you categorise them into best performers and worst performers, and then you reward them on that basis. I remember one Reverend in my constituency---"
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