The Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) CEO Ezekiel Mutua has attracted backlash after suggesting that Senator Johnson Sakaja's degree should not be scrutinized.
On Sunday, June 12, UoN's communications director John Orindi said that Sakaja was indeed a student at the institution but he had not yet graduated since he enrolled in 2003.
However, Mutua seemed to suggest that Sakaja's degree should not be interrogated because of intellectual depth, rigour, and eloquence of speech.
"Politics and tribalism aside, no one should waste time interrogating Hon. Sakaja's degree. A man of his intellectual depth, rigour and eloquence of speech, a guy who has pulled himself by his bootstraps to rise from the abyss to get to the top, to epitomise the best of our youth, shouldn't be subject to this useless debate.
"In this day and age, a degree shouldn't be only a piece of paper, but the ability for one to use their brains and talents to lead and to give a meaningful contribution to national development," Mutua said.
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The MCSK added, "Sakaja represents the best of our youth not just in Kenya but Africa. He can debate any politician anywhere in the world. He's smart, confident, suave, brave and eloquent. He could have been out there with the crowds complaining about life, but he dared to dream and pushed his way to sit with the kings. To try to bring him down because of a degree is to be petty on another level."
However, Mutua's statement irked a section of netizens who questioned whether the law/rules should be bent for some people.
Another section castigated Mutua for encouraging people to cheat simply because they're youth.
Another section told Mutua to amend the law to include eloquence instead of a degree.
According to IEBC, for one to vie as a Governor, they should have a degree from a recognized university.
