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    "id": 676703,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Senate and in the National Assembly, are well-qualified for the job. We should change the law to ensure that they actually have degrees - if not a second degree, then at least the first degree. I am not sure we are up to the task as it is today. There are so many MCAs that I know, even in my own Marsabit County, who have not been to school. If they have, may be just up to Standard VII. While this is a very good Bill, I am not certain that the people we are giving these jobs have the necessary expertise and qualifications to undertake the tasks they will be given. This is because of the weaknesses, faults or shortcomings in the electoral law in this country, and that needs to be addressed. The Bill is good and it is a procedural one in terms of what needs to be done when vetting is done by the MCAs. It gives the necessary requirements that are supposed to be undertaken as well as what we should not do when we vet. It requires that you come up with a report on the suitability of those individuals who have been vetted. County assemblies will make a decision in plenary. This is a good Bill from the Senate in terms of enabling those young institutions in the county assemblies to undertake their constitutional duty as required by the law. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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