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    "id": 1098093,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1098093/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I congratulate the team that has worked on this led by Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for this very progressive Bill. Many times we have spoken about the need for us, as a country, to pause for a moment and re-evaluate our education system. I have taken time to listen to the contributions of many of my colleagues. Is it helping us and giving the intended results, or have we missed a point somewhere? We thought that the alpha and omega of an educated population is a society made up of just graduates. Little did we know that after you come back with your degree certificate, even if you are fortunate enough to get a job, you will still need a plumber, a craftsman, a tailor and a mason. Many of us never sat for a moment to imagine that those people will be in such high demand that it will get to a point that their skills will end up being more expensive or marketable, if I may use such a language, than those who have degrees. They are celebrating saying that they have a degree from university, but have no job to show for it. Madam Deputy Speaker, this is such a progressive Bill because of four factors that I have picked up from my quick reading. I will quickly enumerate and share my thoughts about what I think the Committee and the rest of us should consider when it comes to the amendments that are proposed in this Bill to make it better and ensure that it serves the purpose for which it was intended. The first and most important aspect about this Bill is in Part Two where it speaks to the uniformity of these institutions. You can see that there is a desire by the crafters of this Bill to ensure that as much as we are giving the free reign to our various county"
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