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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to oppose this particular Motion. This is based on the fact that Sen. Melly is 39 years old and he was first employed in Moi University at the age of 24 years. It means that he has been working for fifteen years. What do we call that if you wanted experience? Records show that this man, Sen. Melly--- I support what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. was saying; that they scrutinised the marks and they were awarding privately. It is only during the ‘editing’ period, that they were able to know who won. So, that one showed us that he had 78 marks. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have attended several interviews and I know that to score one mark ahead of somebody is not very simple. The media is watching us from all over the world and they are seeing that we are denying somebody with 78 marks an opportunity. We are denying him that opportunity simply because of an afterthought that experience was a requirement after shortlisting and after scoring marks in the interview. Thereafter, you start thinking; why can we not bring in the idea of experience to limit this particular youth from growing his experience? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, during the time I was working in the university, we would go for assessment in other places and we could see teachers, during teaching practice, even performing better than those who have been teaching for 30 years. That is why we questioned experience and replaced it with research. Research and abilities of a person are very important in innovation more than experience. So, if we always stick to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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