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    "id": 1166096,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if he was to seek for a Member of County Assembly (MCA) position, he would not qualify, yet he is leading souls to heaven. This is a more honourable task than being an MCA on earth. Such people do not qualify because we do not have non-conventional ways of testing experiences and qualifications that would, otherwise, make them leaders without this requirement for academic qualification. I am aware that my colleague, Sen. Olekina, also has an amendment, but if mine succeeds, then it will not be necessary. Let us just say that to be a leader, it is enough to be able to read and write in English or Kiswahili. In the case of a person who is hard of hearing, then they should be literate in Kenya Sign Language (KSL). That should be enough for entry requirements. From there, then the people of Kenya can vet us. There is no other no other employment in the Republic of Kenya that is equivalent to election. There is no vetting done to other people as much as those sitting in this House; neither is there a more challenging job than leading people. It was challenging to Moses, Joshua and Gideon from the Bible. It is challenging to leaders in this country even up to now. If one can have the power and capacity to be vetted by, for example, 700,000 people in Meru County and you have been elected, what is a university degree compared to these rigorous vetting, where someone trusts you, goes to a polling booth, locks himself there and votes for Sen. Mwangi? What kind of faith and trust is that? How have you been able to convince somebody? It is one thing to say that leaders are buying votes and so on, but when that person enters a polling booth, he is alone and still has the audacity to mark my name. It is a strong statement of faith and trust. I sometimes find people discussing leaders like Sen. Sakaja, who got 830,000 votes from the people of Nairobi City County. That is a huge endorsement. He has never met those people face to face, but they have faith in him that he will represent their views in the Senate. That is a greater vetting than forcing someone to have a degree. In any case, we are not even sure of the degree qualifications of some of our top people who have become presidents and presidential candidates. Why should we subject other Kenyans to these requirements? I beg to move and request Sen. Sakaja to second."
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