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    "id": 147650,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/147650/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Meanwhile, what about having our Committees also going around the country? They should have their sittings in parts of this country and bring ideas that are different from what we just get from Nairobi. In other words, there are many possibilities. But we can also be more radical in our approach. We can insist that to be a Member of Parliament, you must have certain basic qualifications and some of those basic qualifications require you to know a lot about the geography of this country. You can be tested. You must know about the geography of this country. Why become a Member of Parliament if you do not know the country? You must know the history of this country. You must appreciate the politics of this country from the historical and ideological perspectives. If necessary, instead of having meaningless tests on Kiswahili and English, why do we not test people on serious content, so that when you become a Member of Parliament, it is already clear that you understand the country in terms of its traditions, customs, geography and history? That is critically important. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, to conclude in the limited time that I was given by my colleague, national unity has little to do with people not knowing about this country. The most divisive elements in this country are politicians who have been around for 30 to 40 years and they have been to every corner of this country. They know. It is not that they do not know. It"
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