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    "id": 1166089,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166089/?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": "I beg the Senate to agree with me that not putting academic qualification to leadership does not mean that Kenyans are not going to elect leaders who have academic qualifications. It means that we give everybody an equal chance. If you are expecting 96.5 per cent of Kenyans to vote for us, we should also expect them to enjoy those rights and privileges that they are according us. Every day, I am grateful that somebody somewhere could not go to school and does not have food or shoes, but is responsible for my greatness, being here, my popularity and visibility. I am visible here because someone in Embobut Forest, another one in Kalwal, Keiyo South, or another one who lives in a slums in Iten or Kapcherop is responsible for my being here. I wear a tie, look good, have a bodyguard, a good car and live in a good place because of such people. We should not do what is called matharau,b y stating that we are the more privileged, educated and have more opportunities and look down upon the 96.5 per cent of Kenyans who do not have university degrees. Let us open the door for them to have a chance to be elected and grow from that election going forward."
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