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    "id": 662281,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/662281/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngikor",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Ngikor Nixon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Bill. Ranking is everywhere. Even in our own bodies, you can see how our fingers have been arranged. They have been arranged in the order that one is number one up to the last one, which is the smallest one. Without ranking, competition lacks meaning because in a competition, we can get number one to the last one as per the number of those who are competing. When we take an example of last year when ranking was not there, you saw how our schools were just given the number of students who did the exam. They were given the marks without ranking. Something was lacking and that is ranking because you could not differentiate between who was the last and who was number one. That made those who were still in school not to be committed in their studies. The meaning of ranking is to see who is number one, number two up to the last one. That encourages those who are behind to study hard. The education sector has categorised our schools into national schools, county schools and sub-county schools. With ranking, we can know which is best among all our national schools. Even our kids, when it comes to---"
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