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    "id": 1078496,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I want to thank you for presenting the petitions in accordance with our Standing Orders. You are right that every Kenyan has a right to petition the House. But I have some history, and I am sure Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Kimunya will agree with me. This matter came to the 10th Parliament when we were in the Old Chamber where the Senate is located. I remember the chorus was ‘people must go back to school’. That time, the number of people who did not have a degree were many and they were in the Cabinet of President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. I do not want to name them. When the House passed the Bill, President Kibaki used his veto power in accordance with Article 115 of the Constitution and he overturned the decision of the House. In the 11th Parliament, we had a very robust discussion and we took into consideration the concerns of our colleagues. We said until 2022, go back to school. Covid-19 cannot be the reason. What is happening today is that even when your wife chases you away, you use Covid-19 as an excuse. Universities are on. People are studying online. So, as you have rightly read out Article 99(1) of the Constitution, it is a function of this House to enact an Act of Parliament. There is this story of leaders are born. When all of us were born, we did not have any experience. We did not have any qualification. We went to school. Some became doctors. We cannot have people who have no basic education qualification participating in the function of budget-making process in this House. We cannot have people who do not have the required educational qualification interrogating the Auditor-General’s report in this House. We cannot have people who have no qualification bringing Bills and representing people. We take our children to school. We cannot educate our children and then tell people you can come to the National Assembly or the Senate even if you have no qualification. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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