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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 30 Mar 2017

    Kenyan political leaders are required by law to have university degrees. Is this right?http://bbc.in/2oB4I8j 

    12:51 AM - 30 Mar 2017
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      1. Collins Baswony  🇰🇪‏ @BwanaCollins 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        our political leaders are managers, overseers of public management & law makers. They need to be qualified academically for that

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      2. tebz‏ @tololodj 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Eish, I don't know about Kenya, but a lot of cadres in South Africa wouldn't qualify. @BBCNews

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      3. melchi‏ @melchi89 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @tololodj @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        hahaha,I thought SA was doing better than us in Kenya

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      2. Openmindz‏ @Ok_chizi 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Yeah, If you need leaders to build a nation, they should be educated, to bring the required change in Africa & World at large.

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      3. melchi‏ @melchi89 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Ok_chizi @BBCAfrica

        I concur

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      4. Openmindz‏ @Ok_chizi 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @melchi89 @BBCAfrica

        Nigeria in particular, prefer illiterates to make laws for them and they wail daily, why not elect educated leaders.

        2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      6. Openmindz‏ @Ok_chizi 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Vezonic22 @melchi89 @BBCAfrica

        Well so to say most Aficans do not know the Definition of Education, its a minds thing, not certificates.

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      1. Samuel N Orutwa‏ @orutwasam 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        A degree is a paper leadership is a special gift from God an iliterate person can lead people for wisdom is inborn

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      1. Tatenda Muchini‏ @taytmuch 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @ZimbabweUpdate @BBCNews in Zim has one of the most educated presidents ever with a number of degrees and where did that get us?

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      1. Sirgeouney‏ @sirgeouney 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @ema_ngeleka this should also appy in Namibia. This countrys politics is a mess.

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      1. Joel Muinde‏ @mulonzijoel 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Yes it is. We live an era of knowledge-driven economics, some that knowledge comes from lecture halls.

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      1. John Makatiani‏ @JMakatiani 30 Mar 2017
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        Kindly stop misleading the public. Degree requirement is only needed for Presidential and Gubernatorial aspirants. Not all.

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      1. bg.valk‏ @bgvalkyahoocom1 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        it absolutely makes no sense for an illiterate to lead the leaned ones, leadership that involved an illiterate is like de "Blind

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      1. AMJZA‏ @amjza 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Yes, so you dont end up with the problems we have in South Africa.

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      2. Ogeto‏ @ogxxv 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Ogeto Retweeted BBC News Africa

        No, it's not right since even the President who has a degree has failed terriblyhttps://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/847355565571321856 …

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        BBC News AfricaVerified account @BBCAfrica
        Kenyan political leaders are required by law to have university degrees. Is this right? http://bbc.in/2oB4I8j 
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