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    "id": 674848,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/674848/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Even the Holy Bible says that to those whom much is given, much is expected. At the moment, we are in the process of looking at Election Laws (Amendment) Act, which has put a very high threshold of education requirements. I agree education is not the only requirement for one to be a legislator or a representative of the people. We are hypocritical when we demand of others standards which we are not willing to live by. All members of the County Executive Committees (CECs) are required to be degree holders. I know for a fact that in the county assembly of the county I come from, there are members of that assembly who can hardly scroll a signature. Most of them use thumbprints to signify agreement. What right would such a person then have to demand certain education standards from a member they are interviewing? Are we then not applying different standards for different people? What is the qualification if elected Members like us say the fact that you have gone through the process of subjecting yourself to the vision of the electorate, it is a form of sanitisation? We know the processes that went into nominating some MCAs. The key consideration for most of them was loyalty, how much contribution they have made to their respective political parties, or how much they have been doing some odd jobs for those power givers and takers. Is that enough qualification to make those fellows sit in a committee which is demanding certain standards which they are not willing to live by?"
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