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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "We also have reasons why we need to have this ranking in place. Why are our world universities ranked? Why is it that we know the position that the University of Nairobi is in, in the world ranking? Why is it that we know which university is ranked highly in the country? It is because we want to show how those universities are performing. We also have ranking not only in universities, but also in Ministries. Every year we have performance contracts. We are ranking how Ministries, counties, Members of Parliament and even Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) are performing. That one is not disadvantaging other people. It is showing how far you have gone, how much you have done and how much you have contributed to change the lives of either the students or the people that you are serving. I think ranking should be there to stay. We know the disparities that we have in different schools, we know that the Government has not made serious efforts to elevate the schools that are in villages so that they can be in good positions to compete with national schools. It is this House which can only stamp their feet to ensure that we have the same resources devolved to those particular schools, we have the same infrastructure in those particular schools in the villages and the same teaching staff in those schools. It is not the business of the Cabinet Secretary to remove the ranking because he feels or some people feel that they cannot compete. It is the business of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to ensure that the schools which we have in the villages have the same resources and infrastructure as the national schools. 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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