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    "id": 886873,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. I knew Prof. Magoha when I was a postgraduate student at the University of Nairobi. I also worked with him when I was a lecturer at the university. Prof. Magoha has worked in several places. During his tenure at the UON, where there used to be a series of strikes, he stabilised everything. When he joined the Kenya National Examinations Council when the credibility of national examinations was in question, he managed to restore sanity. When you do a trend analysis, you will see that everywhere Prof. Magoha has worked, he has been successful. When you extrapolate that trend, you will realise that even if he becomes the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Education I have no doubt that he will succeed. I was privileged to be part of the vetting process as a friend to the Committee on Appointments. One of the critical things that he said is that failure has never appeared in his vocabulary. That is the kind of person we want to see. We do not want CSs who have no experience. Prof. Magoha has rose through the ranks. When you look at his history when he joined the UON, he was a lecturer. He rose through the ranks to become a college principal and finally he became the Vice-Chancellor. I have no doubt that Prof. Magoha will sort out the problems we have in the education sector. I know we have critical issues in education. We have difficult people who are good at what they do. This was said by Hon. Mbadi. The KNUT, under the able hands of its Secretary- General, Hon. Wilson Sossion and KUPPET, under the able hands of Hon. Omboko Milemba, are there. I have no doubt that with his style of leadership, Prof Magoha will work in collaboration with them, particularly on the issue of competence-based curriculum. We asked him that question. Competence-based curriculum is the way to go but Hon. Sossion, who is my good friend, says that the trainers have not been trained. It is, indeed, important that they be trained. They are already agreeing to this. Prof. Magoha is a staunch practising Catholic like myself. I have no doubt that he is the one we require in the Ministry of Education. I am humbly requesting the doubting Thomases that we support him. He is the one who is going to bring the true change that we require in the Ministry. With those few remarks, I support."
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