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    "id": 634075,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/634075/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Kenya being a small country in terms of its economy, education expansion and technology, I think we will be locking ourselves in a bottle if we say, it must be a Kenyan. If we do not have such kind of a person who has the experience that it takes to manage the institution well, then we will be shooting ourselves in the foot. Clause 13(3)(b) says:- “(4) A person shall be qualified for appointment as a Director General if such person— (b) holds a degree from a university recognized in Kenya or its equivalent in the fields of engineering, physical sciences, law, finance, environmental studies, economics or energy.” I think it is in our interest that we open it because we know people who have done political science and are very good managers. It will not be fair and in the interest of the country that we lock and limit ourselves to the skills or degrees that one would need to be a Director- General of this parastatal because we know leadership is not necessarily given by virtue of degrees one has done in school."
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