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    "id": 953551,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/953551/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "them. He has also talked about access, quality and a holistic education system. I am also very happy with Members for appreciating the fact that not everybody must learn and become a doctor or a lawyer. The 8-4-4 System of Education was good, but it did us good at that time. The history of formal education in Kenya dates back to the times of the colonial government. During that time, formal education was used to produce cheap labour for the market that was available. When we got Independence, formal education was used to produce manpower to fill up the vacancies that arose when the European workers left the country. That is why we concentrated a lot on pedagogy. But, having filled up those positions, we needed to upgrade our education system to be all inclusive. That system has several lines. We have guys doing pedagogy. We have to bring in other skills that we were not giving emphasis on, like affective skills and psychomotor skills so that we do not only concentrate on cognitive skills, which have made students to be like machines."
}