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    "id": 662289,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/662289/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwadime",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Mwadime",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. Ranking is an important tool used worldwide to measure successes or failures. When we campaigned last time, winners and losers were known through ranking. Without ranking many things will not be resolved. In schools, if we do not rank we shall not get the gaps as to which schools are failing or succeeding. So, it is important for this tool to be brought back to our education system. Ranking in Kenya should be comprehensive. Even laymen should understand why their schools are doing better than others. Ranking should be re-introduced immediately. In fact, I am urging Members to support this Bill. In our Constitution we have the Equalisation Fund which functions on the basis of ranking. Some counties are marginalised and some are okay because of ranking. Therefore if we remove ranking, we will not know what is happening in many schools. It should be known how a student, for example, in Mwatate in Taita Taveta is performing compared to a student in Nakuru or other places in the country. Therefore, the person who brought this Bill is in line with our values within the country. Ranking brings respect to society because it is a scientific tool and associated with numbers. Therefore, with ranking, some problems will be solved by getting those numbers. I am supporting this Bill and urging my colleagues to do the same. Thank you. 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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