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    "id": 1367527,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1367527/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Kiswahili. You do not need to have a diploma or a certificate. Leadership should not be equated to academic qualifications. There is no need to disturb Members of County Assemblies to go back to school to acquire degrees and diplomas. It does not make sense. When you are leading, you need ‘Solomonic’ wisdom. Finally, Speakers need to be proficient in both English and Kiswahili. I agree with my colleagues that we need people with integrity and competence in what happens in Parliament outside the academic qualifications. Let us not equate good leadership with academics. We have seen professors failing nations and societies. On the other hand, we have seen people who dropped out of school in class three like Mulu Mutisya, Ezekiel Barngetuny, or Justus Kantet ole Tipis, who straddled the leadership of this country like Colossus. President Moi was a P1 teacher who became a professor of politics and led this country for 24 years. There is nowhere that states the qualifications of good leadership."
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