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    "id": 1166135,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166135/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "I want to propose that we go back to the law as it was before 2017. That is post- secondary qualification. Secondly, I propose that political parties be allowed to establish their rules. Political parties are like clubs. For you to have the holy communion in the Adventist Church where I belong, you must be baptised. If you do not like it, you can go to the Legio Maria Church where you must also be baptised. If you do not like it, you can go to Dini ya Msambwa where for you to have the communion, you must be baptised. Let political parties decide the minimum qualifications for the people they are going to nominate. Thirdly, academic qualifications should apply to nominations because nominations are a top-up to the existing skills already in the House. The skills in the House are subject to universal suffrage. Anyone with a degree or certificate in masonry can come to this House. However, when it comes to nominations at county and national level, let the degree requirement apply. Fourthly, meritocracy should be the hallmark of our civil service. Let Parliament be representative and democratic but let the civil service be meritocratic. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, let us not kick the can down the road. Let us not suspend that provision to the next election. Let us deal with it. In the interest of Sen. Murkomen in as much as I do not support the degree requirement, I also do not support the reduction of the minimum requirement to basic English and Kiswahili. I support the situation that was there before the 2017 amendment which is basic education defined as a post-secondary qualification. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support and if there will necessary amendments we shall move them at the right time. I thank you"
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