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    "content": "wherever they come from, because they are the ones who give meaning to good citizenship and responsible citizenship. They are the men and women we will be honouring by giving recognition under this new National Honours Bill. I support this Bill and congratulate hon. Keynan and those who have worked tirelessly to bring it to this House. We will go home knowing that this Tenth Parliament has, indeed, not only excelled in passing the most number of Bills since Independence but qualitatively, has made great contributions. There are a few Members in this House. Some of them like hon. Millie Odhiambo who is seated next to me; mheshimiwa Keynan and John Mututho have worked and made contributions. They have made such contributions that every Kenyan will tell you he admires the Member for Lari because he is in the House every day. He makes contributions but nobody recognizes him. However, the people of Kenya recognize when they watch the Member for Lari making contributions on every Bill that comes because that is what a Member of the National Assembly is all about. It is time that we saw men and women of this House who have made these contributions recommended for awards. This is not self-honour. Let this Parliament not end before the Speaker of National Assembly makes these recommendations. Finally, just like we do in other categories of professionals, in this regard, I am talking about the Law Society of Kenya. When they were creating the list of the senior counsel, the very first appointments because there was no committee in existence went to the Law Society Council. I recommend that we make provisions here for the Speaker and the Speaker’s Committee to immediately sit and make recommendations for people who are the first honourees under this law. That can happen so that we give meaning to this law that we are passing today. With that, I beg to support this Bill."
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