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    "id": 945947,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/945947/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Konoin, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Leonard Yegon",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yegon Brighton Leonard",
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    "content": "Education (KCSE) 2018, the students who scored C+ (Plus) and above were 90,377. That is around 13 per cent of the total population of the students who sat for the examination. Where did the 87 per cent who did not get entry into university go to? This is the fundamental question that we should ask ourselves. It is now imperative to note that failure to join university does not guarantee that one will be a failure in life. Therefore, examinations should not be an end in itself, but a mark to guide what one should pursue next depending on their abilities. Malcolm Forbes once said that the purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open mind. One of the most fundamental things about education is that it allows one to have an open mind. With education, social issues become clearer. Encouraging students who fail to join university to join technical institutes, polytechnics and colleges is actually encouraging a generation with skilled labour that can be utilised by communities for prosperity in future. So, the 100 per cent transition from secondary schools to tertiary education is a plausible initiative. It should be supported 100 per cent by the Government in terms of infrastructure support, capitation, bursaries, tutors, and human resource. The Motion, therefore, is timely and the Mover should develop it into a Bill so that it benefits many in posterity."
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