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    "id": 1166075,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166075/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Elections (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.42 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a Bill that is straightforward, but sometimes not all things are straight, just like not all common sense is common. This is a Bill that is so precise and surgical, such that it goes to the heart of the problem I want to solve. The Kenyan people are going to elections on 9th August, 2022. As many Kenyans as possible would like to run for various offices, but there is only one serious impediment affecting many candidates. The 2019 census indicates that only 3.5 per cent, which is 1.2 million Kenyans, have a university degree, yet Section 22 of the Election Act, No. 24 of 2011 provides the qualifications of nomination for candidate to be a Member of Parliament. You must have a degree from a university recognized in Kenya. This is where I have a problem. It also provides that for you to be a Member of the County Assembly, you must have a degree from a university recognized in Kenya. This is the heart of my problem. This is where I have greater concern because whereas we have the aspirations to have Kenyans have a university degree, with the benefit of hindsight and experience we"
}