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    "id": 902684,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902684/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues and Sen. Dullo in saying that this matter needs to be handled with soberness and urgently. A child who gets a mean grade of D+ in Mandera cannot be compared with a child who gets a B+ in Alliance High School. The D+ of those students, who go to those local schools, with few teachers, can be measured to a C+. We must recognize that when Article 10 of the Constitution says that there is need for equity in this Republic, it is to treat each person depending on their circumstances and situation. This generalization, that all Form Four certificates are the same, is not true. In fact, I know so because I come from a county, part of which is Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL). Some of the students study in places that are complicated, like Tot and Kerio Valley generally, which is facing dire problems of insecurity--- As we speak, even in my county alone, the number of students who are not in school because of insecurity is high. Young people are being killed because of banditry, cattle rustling and all that. We cannot quantify or measure the qualifications that those people receive, and say it is the same as a C- in another place. Therefore, a drop of one place to D- is genuine and justifiable, particularly when we are trying to say that we need to build local capacity for our children to be taught in school."
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