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    "id": 902720,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a sad issue that we canvassing as representatives of the people. It is unfortunate that with each passing day, there seems to be an emerging trend where CSs sit in well-furnished air-conditioned offices and make policy pronouncements that have completely no bearing or understanding of the challenges that members of the public face. This rogue policy direction reminds me of the other one where somebody sat in the Cabinet and made a decision that traders who import goods into this country cannot transport them in one container by pulling resources together. This forced them to transport them individually in 40-feet containers. Some of these decisions need to be challenged because they are not only absurd, but tell us how much some CSs are out of touch with the reality in this country. I have heard many people say how much expectations they have for the CS for Education. In the past few weeks or months that he has been in office, I find him to be somewhat erratic. You wonder what will be at stake for the future of our children, if he continues with the attitude he has adopted of late. People must understand that God gave people different talents. Academic talent does not make you supreme than any other Kenyan. There are people who are good sportsmen and women. They even employ professors, but you will not hear them bragging. So, trying to make policies or imaging that other people are not better gifted than you because, perhaps, they are challenged academically, is completely inhuman. This House must resist that attempt. Therefore, I urge Members of the Committee on Education to keenly look into this issue. One week that they have requested is enough. By next week, we should be able to get a response a time like this, so that we give good answers to Kenyans."
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