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    "id": 1078503,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1078503/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Onunga Atandi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For avoidance of doubt, I am well-schooled. I went to university, and many people in this House know. However, the crisis in Kenya is not about lack of academic papers; it is integrity. There is no evidence that if you have many papers, then you probably have more integrity than others. It is clear that many of us have gone to school and have many papers. However, when it comes to interrogation and decision-making, one’s education level does not apply. Education qualification is never the yardstick. This House should not lock the voters from electing whoever they want. Kindly, talk for yourself because I am giving my views. This Petition is rightly before us. Let us give Kenyans an opportunity to elect leaders of their choice. There are many Members in this House who do not have degrees, but they are effective leaders than many of us who have papers. If we intend to resolve the crisis of leadership in Kenya, let us look at what our problem is. It is not about academic papers, but people who lack integrity. Many people have gone to school, but they can never come up with ideas that can help Kenyans. In my view, this House must legislate and answer to the Petition as a request. Thank you."
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