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    "id": 634423,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to congratulate the students of Alliance High School because the school has been a role model for all of us. I did not go to Alliance High School, but I went to one of the best schools. That is St. Patrick’s High School in Iten which was one of the top schools in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I preached in Alliance High School a few years ago on invitation of the Christian Union (CU) and the then principal, Mr. Khaemba, who is now a County Executive Committee (CEC) member serving Nairobi County Government. I want to tell those in the CU and in school that there is hope and there is a future. I want to emphasise on the kind of education we have at the moment. We have an education system where we have very many As, but many of our students are not inculcated in appreciating knowledge and applying it. One of the challenges I gave teachers and students last weekend in my county is that we yearn for our old C- plus because a person who got C- plus was more knowledgeable than a number of students nowadays who score As. As you continue studying, do not study for the purpose of getting marks. Instead, study to be knowledgeable like Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o, the late Bii Kipkorir who was my very good friend and many others who after leaving Alliance High School were very creative and contributed their best to this country. As we support the education system that we have as a country, one of the greatest investments must be investment in knowledge. Secondly – I really appreciate Alliance High School for that – we want a school that not only succeeds in academics, but also in extra- curricular activities. Some of the best artists and debaters like Sen. Orengo was a member of the Theatre Club went to Alliance High School. You need to grow in sports, theatre, singing and other areas of creativity, so that you become an all-round person. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you."
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