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    "id": 1166165,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166165/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "We need to have a middle ground where it should not necessarily be a degree but post-secondary education for all MCAs, so that we have some minimum standards when it comes to prosecuting the agenda both in the county assembly and national level. It is good to note that it has been documented that those who have good communication skills possess the world. The power gap is not a matter of conjecture. However, like where I come from in Central Kenya, people who tend to be elected more often than not are businessmen and women compared, for example, to Nyanza Region where Sen. M. Kajwang’ comes from where there are more professors and people who can speak good English. Therefore, these are just local regional dynamics based on our history but whoever came up with this law may have meant well for the country. However, we are yet to achieve middle income where people will have attained college education. This debate is not just isolated in Kenya. In 2016, one of the reasons why Hillary Rodham Clinton lost is because she based her campaign on college educated people who are meant to be the majority in America and women because of the hidden bias against women in American society. She did not win the college vote although she won the popular vote. We are yet to attain that status. Looking at the statistics that were presented by the Mover that it is only 3.6 per cent, then such a legislation will be elitist only akin to the apartheid laws of South Africa in the racial discrimination era. We, as Senators, being the House of reason and decision would want to ensure that we protect our counties because they are yet to have the right kind of professionals to lead their people."
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