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    "id": 406787,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/406787/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 447,
        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
        "slug": "john-lonyangapuo"
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    "content": "Yes, we are talking about the Governor, the Speaker of the County Assembly, the people who have built the county. There are 47 such units that have made Kenyans very proud. I was one of the recipients of this when I was a Permanent Secretary in my previous life. I was given the Chief of the Burning Spear, CBS. I am expecting one now. My Minister then, Sen. Chris Obure, had received one commendation ahead of me, the Moran of the Golden Heart. I think he also had another one, the Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH). Now that we are bringing order and sanity in the structure of Government, in the political class, I was expecting that this year, we would honour the people that Kenyans thought had shown exemplary qualities in leadership. The 47 Senators who are elected plus 20 who are nominated should get something better than what I was given. We should either get the Moran of the Golden Heart of something slightly above that. At the same time, we should consider the 47 Governors. The Governors will now go to give the smaller medals that you are seeing down here at the county level. This will make people demotivated while others talk about motivation in other counties. People should walk and talk during national days while putting on national honour medals. If you go to my county, during the national days, no one puts on these medals because no one identifies with them. I think it is time that we recognised these people properly. They should feel that they belong in this country as they see the way they have been honoured. I support this although we need to improve it further. I do not know who chose the members of the National Honours Committee. You will be surprised that these are a few people who were identified by the Head of Public Service those days. There was a tendency for many people to nominate the people they knew because there was no procedure to be followed. We should have County Honours Advisory Committees; one per county so that we identify the heroes and heroines. This will make people do great things for the country so that they are recognized. I support."
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