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    "id": 295040,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/295040/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": " Mr. Chairman, Sir, let me say that I am the happiest man this morning because when this amendment was passed yesterday, I was very worried. I was worried because, county assembly representatives are going to interview people of very high calibre who are going to work in the counties, if indeed our counties are going to perform. Therefore, it is important that we maintain the threshold of education that is in the Constitution. Secondly, with regard to ourselves, I did say yesterday that we should not, really, legislate in our favour. Doing so would be very selfish. Today, by re-committing this amendment to be considered again, is very good. Finally, some of us in this House are not old enough to know what happened before Independence. Before Independence, qualifications to become a member of the Legislative Assembly were very stiff. It was extremely stiff. We have democratically reduced that qualification to be based purely on education. We now have universal access to education. Therefore, that is very democratic precisely because we invest so much in education, there should be hiring terms for it as such levels as being elected to positions in the county assemblies and in national assemblies."
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