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    "id": 951263,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/951263/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "From the outset, I am supporting the Sessional Paper because it addresses concerns which have been affecting Kenyans. Exams are extremely important, but they must be managed in a way that it does not disadvantage people who are gifted differently. Chemistry, for example, is a good course to do, but what has chemistry got to do with a student who is a musician? Some of the subjects we study in school are sometimes very important, but we should not make them benchmarks for defining what your life is going to be like. There are people who have succeeded tremendously in this world without passing exams. As Kenyans, we must be aware that people are gifted differently and appreciate as such. I am grateful that the Sessional Paper addresses that aspect by ensuring that children who are gifted differently are not condemned on account of failing one exam, which is probably what they are not gifted in. It is good to appreciate that French, for example, is a good course. It is good to know many languages, but it does not make one a genius. So, we should not condemn people on account of exams alone. As I conclude, I must hasten to mention that teachers are hurting deeply because of the challenges they are facing with the TSC. Teachers are very integral and key people in our society. They define and make lives. Therefore, we should all support them. Some teachers retired many years ago, but have not been paid their retirement benefits. I have a friend, who is an elder in my community, who lives in Murang’a, but he has not been paid his pension despite retiring more than four years ago."
}