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    "id": 516952,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "First, I have heard several Members in this House complain about the position of their schools. I am among those Members who guard schools, which you would say are not in a good position to compete with other schools. If we were to go in that direction that would mean that we are requesting this Government to give different examinations. If we are talking about Alliance High School not being able to compete with a school in North Eastern; if we are taking about Maseno High School not being in a position to compete with a school in Emurua Dikirr, as in you cannot rank them, then it means we are asking the Government to give different Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. Why are they doing the same exams? It is because it is a national exam and therefore the same reason why we are giving them the same exam is the same reason that we are also going to rank them. The reason why we rank them is because of three reasons. First is competition. We want everybody to know which position they are holding. We go to schools and you get a student having an “A”. You go to a university and you get a student having a First Class honours degree, why are we ranking them if ranking and competition is not important? Why are we giving marks as per their performance? I think the reasoning or the rationale behind Prof. Kamenyi’s trying to remove the ranking is not understandable. Prof. Kaimenyi is a product of ranking and that is why he is in the position he is right now."
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