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    "id": 402278,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/402278/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Bill by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and say that it has been long overdue. In 1950, India moved a Bill to stop the use of emblems and titles that people were not entitled to. Therefore, it is only fair and timely that as we move towards this new dispensation of a bicameral parliament and also in the creation of new offices that did not exist before, that we address this matter very seriously because, otherwise, we will run amok as far as self aggrandisement, praise and such other associated egoistic behavior is concerned. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the United States of America (US) from which we have modeled a bit of what we are doing here in Kenya, it is very clear what titles and emblems there are. In the 50 States, they have their own structures of governance, their own emblems and their own parliaments. What has not happened is that in the US we do not have titles like Your Excellency and so on. While I accept that in this country – because of history – it is important for us to carry the title His Excellency for the"
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