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    "id": 1458622,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1458622/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " I oppose this amendment. I imagine that the Chairman would say that the CEO should have experience in the cotton industry, and not necessarily a master's degree. This industry has been facing many challenges. Most people in this area have been learning and amassing experience. In my opinion, too much ado about a master’s degree will not add value to this sector. I plead with the Chairman to reconsider the issue of master’s degree. This country has so many people with experience and can do a good job. However, there are people who just move. He gets a bachelor's degree today. He has a master’s degree tomorrow. We are going to leave a person who has been in the sector for the last 15 or 20 years and has built experience and capacity. I was in Moi University where there was a course in Industrial and Textile Engineering. There is the Rift Valley Textiles (Rivatex) East Africa Limited there. So many people who are working there have much experience without master’s degrees. They manage this sector. Would we leave those ones out and pick a person who probably has just a master's degree in another area? Will it be just because of the master's degree? I plead with the Chairman to leave out this master's degree requirement. Let the basic academic qualification be a bachelor's degree in this situation."
}