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    "id": 1166094,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166094/?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": "People are faking academic qualifications because it has become a mandatory requirement. I beg that you agree with me. The Lord’s Prayer says; “lead us not into temptation”. This law is leading Kenyans into the temptation of faking university degrees and qualification just to have a chance. It is not that they are sure they will be elected; it is so that they have a chance to compete for an elective position. We should not do that to our people. Second to last, there is lack of non-conventional qualification where you rate somebody’s experience. Experience is a very important thing over time. My father does not have a Class Eight or Form Four certificate. He went up to Class Three, and when he was done, he became a lay preacher. After some time, his church organized for training of lay preachers to become evangelists. He went for two years training and qualified to be an evangelist. Remember he had to self-educate first in order to know how to read and write because finishing school at class three does not constitute, in most cases, that you understand English and Kiswahili. While we were in primary school, he was also self-educating. He would buy to read and even called teachers at home to teach him. He went to college for a training organised by the church. After two years, he was awarded a certificate and became an evangelist. He took another ten years of experience as a preacher and then went back to school, trained again for two years and become a pastor. He later rose and became a reverend."
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