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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you. My apologies to Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri. He was here earlier, but I think we have enough time. First, let me thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for always doing the right things in many ways, in Bills, Motions, and in division of resources. You have a track record in always remembering the details that matter. Sometimes it looks very small but they really matter. This Bill should be supported with absolute unanimity as I have heard from the Senate Leader of Majority. The first 12 Articles of the Constitution are very important, if I leave out the provisions that talk about citizenship. Those provisions are about who we are as Kenyans and as a country. They set up our foundational values; what type of governance Kenya is and what kind of societies we want to build. You do not have to read the entire Constitution to know what Kenyans aspire to be. If you read the Preamble of the Constitution and those first 10 to 15 Articles, you would broadly speaking, know what type of country we want to create. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is of particular significance that Article 9 of the Constitution deals with the question of the national symbols and national days. According to the Constitution, we have other symbols. The order of priority probably is the national flag. The pride with which some of our sister countries look upon their national flags is sometimes something to be emulated. You find there are some countries where the national flag is displayed from people’s windows when there is a national event and so on. I see some Kenyans do that these days particularly on vehicles although it is restricted, but as an expression of patriotism and the spirit of nationalism in the positive sense. The display of the national flag sometimes gives us a sense of pride. Just as the Senate Leader of Majority was saying as I was coming in, probably it is only the President when he is out of the country that gets an occasion when the national flag and anthem are played together - there is a display of our national flag or whenever he visits other countries on State visits and so on. The other display of the national flag and anthem is when our athletes do so well in international competitions like the Olympics and other competitions. It is always a sense of pride that our national flag is displayed time and again in athletic events and the National Anthem is played. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, so, the national flag is an object of honor, dignity and patriotism. In expression in terms of words and music, the National Anthem is not to be left out. My leader in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party, hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, often sometimes in public meetings would draw people’s attention to the exact 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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