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    "id": 1087184,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you. That is exactly what I was saying. In fact, for somebody to go to Disney World and patent “hakuna matata” is a mockery. It makes me feel very bad about some of the things we do. Some ingenious person will patent something else. They will just walk around and find something else that is typically Kenyan and patent it because we do not think we should patent. That means by the time a person out there even does a car with the Kenyan flag, they will have to consult and pay royalties. That is the idea of patenting. The minute you wear a symbol of a country like the one you are wearing, you pay for it. It is because other countries are paying money for those lapel pins. It is part of commerce. So, if somebody produces a cup or any gadget that has a Kenyan flag, they pay for it. The other day when we traveled to Dubai, unbelievably, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government last year, put our flag on the tallest building in the world on Jamhuri Day. The tallest building in the world had our flag for five minutes. That is how important this flag is and that is how important we should treat it. If a person out there can recognize this flag, we should recognize it. Give it to children and make sure they fly it. I went to a school and found a tattered flag, I bought one for them. I thought it was a crime. How can a school have a tattered flag and yet they are sold here? I still think and have suggested - I do not know why this has not been implemented - that the flags that we see out here on our corridors, should be in our offices. The flag of 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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