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    "id": 912835,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/912835/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gem, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Elisha Odhiambo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13340,
        "legal_name": "Elisha Ochieng Odhiambo",
        "slug": "elisha-ochieng-odhiambo"
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    "content": "This Motion comes at a time when the country needs to mainstream good norms for students both in primary and secondary schools. As those who have studied education will tell us, initially, education was supposed to offer four skills. The most important of the skills was the normative skills so that children in primary are taught safety norms as they grow and nurtured as better Kenyans. The second one was the creative skill, which may not be relevant for road safety. The third foundation skill of education that was to be offered to students was the psychomotor, which is equally relevant. The forth skill is cognitive and is important. It is at primary school where students develop mental capabilities and capacities. So, if we nurture them well by imparting good norms in the context of road safety, we can be sure that we will be leaving a progressive country for the future where not many people will be dying because of mere carelessness on Kenyans roads. We have many people in hospitals today who have been maimed by motorcycle riders. We have many others who have been maimed by careless drivers yet the careless drivers and motorcycle riders walk free while their victims suffer in hospitals. It is, therefore, good that this Motion has come at a time when we are developing a new curriculum thus it is important for the curriculum developers to consider the right norms and psychomotor skills, so that we leave behind a generation that is conscious of road safety. I support the Motion."
}