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"speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to say that I have heard the Leader of the Majority Party and I respect his views and those of other Members. However, as I have said, I had an experience and I mentioned the year 1983. That is when an amendment of a similar nature was moved in this House by the late Darius Mbela. From that point onwards, the board decided to disregard the issue of degrees. They have misused that gap that was created by the ambiguity that seems to be there. I hear what the people with good intentions are saying, and the courts have pronounced themselves on this. They allowed fellows without degrees from institutions from all over. A mechanic can do real estate today. He does not need to go to the University of Nairobi. For that reason, I am pleading, even with the good contributions from the PhD holder here and the Leader of the Majority Party, that they allow this amendment. It causes no harm. It only improves the legislation and brings clarity."
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