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    "id": 140094,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/140094/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Lankas",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lankas ole Nkoidila",
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    "content": "If you see the kind of rigorous exercise our young men and women go through during recruitment of the armed forces, one will not stop to wonder. Sometimes apart from the height, which I will address later, our youth are subjected to a lot of unfair treatment. They are sometimes undressed in the open which is in itself an abuse to human dignity. Those youth also run many kilometres in the sun. But even after completing those exercises, they are not assured of employment. Some youth faint in the field. These are some of the challenges we, as a country, have undergone. We have undergone a lot of changes in all sectors of this country. It is time we accepted reforms in the armed forces. The height criterion is one of the issues to be looked into. We amended the Motion to include education which is agreeable. Mental fitness is also agreeable. But this issue of height is a challenge that we must get rid of. Why should a Kenyan who has met all other requirements be left out? The hon. Assistant Minister who opposed the Motion has just walked out. I wonder why he walked out because he should have stayed on. Why should a Kenyan who meets all other requirements such academic and physical fitness is denied a chance, especially this time when we are facing unemployment in this country? It has been said here and I wish to repeat: Who said that tall soldiers are better than short soldiers, the world over? This is a requirement that we must get rid of. I wish to say that this requirement is one of those requirements which quite often can be misused by those who do the recruitment. It is one of those requirements that sometimes lead to corruption which is rampant in our recruitment exercises in this country. So, this is something that we must get rid of. We have talked of favouritism and nepotism in the military. As I stand here, if a census is done today of our military and where they come from, it is a fact that some districts command more numbers than other districts. Some regions command more"
}