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    "id": 1078529,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join my colleagues in making a statement about this Petition. As my colleagues have said, clearly leadership demands some level of skills. The law is very clear and even the Constitution requires that the President, governors and their deputies must have degrees. This is also required for the rest of the elected Members, whether in the National Assembly or county level. They should have some level of education. I was in the 10th Parliament with Hon. Duale and others, and this was an issue then. We passed the law but there were a number of Members who lacked a degree at that time. They petitioned the President successfully and we had to pass this law in the 11th Parliament. People were given five years to go and prepare themselves if they wanted to continue being Members of this House or at the county level. It is required for us to undertake responsibilities which come with our position in this House. Without a degree, there is no way you can oversee a Cabinet Secretary (CS), Principal Secretaries (PS) and others armed with a doctorate degree. There is no way you can interrogate a budget of Kshs3 trillion when you cannot do good summation. It demands that we have these skills for us to undertake our functions of oversight, representation and law making. Also, for us to determine and make a decision on issues of national concern in this nation, we need this requirement. I strongly support that Members should have a degree at all levels. I even wish Members would have master degree and not only a first degree."
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