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    "id": 567283,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "There is the CS’s high-handedness, arrogance and refusal to consult stakeholders. I will pick only one, which is the matter on ranking of schools. It started with former Chairman of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and former Minister Henry Kosgey when he was a Minister for Education in 1999; he formed a commission led by David Koech. That Commission rejected ranking of schools. In 2001, a commission was formed led by a lady called Naomi Wangai, who is a Commissioner of the Teachers Service Commission. That Commission rejected it. I was in this House in the 10th Parliament. The Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology led by Hon. Koech, the then Member for Mosop, did a report and this House in the 10th Parliament rejected ranking. The Prof. Odhiambo Commission of 2012 rejected ranking. The latest was Kilemi Mwiria. Who were his members? If you give me an opportunity, I will table evidence. Mr. Sossion was a member of the task force. The Secretary- General of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) was a member. We must build this country based on honesty and integrity. We cannot cheat people. For example, you cannot be a member of a committee of this House and tomorrow you say that the process was not followed. You cannot accuse Mr. Jacob Kaimenyi on ranking. There were seven commissions that rejected ranking, one of them being a committee of this House. How do you measure ‘refusal’? When we were vetting Mr. Mumo Matemo in the 10th Parliament, the late Senator of Homa Bay, a man I admired; took on those people who said that the candidate did not have passion for the job, and that he looked fake and arrogant. The late Hon. Kajwang’, may his soul rest in peace, asked: “How do you measure passion? Do you have a “passion metre”? How do you measure arrogance?” Many people say that I am arrogant because I am firm. It is because I tell them the truth to their faces, and I am handsome."
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