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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Clause 5(b), the Minister will be in charge of the policy formulation for his or her Ministry. Is it possible for this Minister to really enter into policy dialogue, to initiate policy seriously when he may not have seen a university? Yes, it is possible, but that is an exception to the general rule. I do not think we are in the business of creating exceptions; we are in the business of creating generalities that should conform to the wider spectrum of our system. I would imagine that if I aspire to be appointed to the high office like a Minister of the Republic of Kenya, I would want my credentials to be impressive. I would not want to be discussed in terms of an exception. I want my credentials to be impeccable. I would want my achievements to be known by everybody. That is why these provisions were made in these particular clauses. Yes, I concede, late Thomas Mboya was a great politician; a great Statesman, he did very well. Mr. John Major in the UK had no degree, but he did very well. At the time of Independence, how many of us had acquired the degrees in order to make it a requirement? Can we speak of the same in this day and age? Definitely not! The"
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