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    "id": 1126499,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "What this Bill proposes is that even if umetenda wema na kwenda zako, at least people will have seen that and recognise you for the good work you did. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a timely Bill. It is one that will help us unite the entire country. I hope we will have a ceremony for all counties for all the people considered as heroes on annual basis. Yesterday we were talking about amending the County Governments Act to ensure county governments submit their annual progress plans. In their annual progress plans, they should come up with a way of identifying heroes in villages such as Sagamian, Loita or Sekera in Narok County, or somewhere else and sponsor them to continue promoting their acts of heroism. That is the way a nation is developed. You must always have a mentor and a mentee. The mentees should develop so that we can live well in this country. Recently a friend of mine sent me a small video clip of children crossing a road in Japan. When they cross the road in Japan, even if they have the right of way, they go back after they finish crossing the road and bow to say thank you. I am even told that in schools in Japan, there are no janitors because the children are trained so well such that they can clean those toilets. These are the kind of small things that we do. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we can start trying to instil that knowledge of responsibility then we will be able to recognise real leaders but not people who are connected. I dare say this. If you were to line up all those people who have been given State commendations and ask them to tell us why they were given, they will tell you: “I do not know. I just found myself being called and being dressed very nicely.” What does it really mean? It is important for us to put a meaning into it so that when people are commended for the service to this country, it can have a meaning. Nowadays it does not have a meaning. You hear somebody being referred to as Sen. Nderitu Kinyua C.G.H. When you ask him what the C.G.H. stands for, you find that he does not even know that. I am not suggesting that the Chair, the Senator for Laikipia would not know that. However, most people do not really know the importance of it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally, I like the fact that in the Bill it also does not make it permanent. If you are commended and you are enrolled in this hall of fame and you end up behaving like a hooligan, there is a way to remove you. It will actually help people to live a better life and in a respectful environment. I beg to support."
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