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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, when your son or daughter calls you “daddy,” you can almost shed a tear. It is a very honourable position. So, if we even call the President and equate him to be being a father, we are actually bestowing upon him a title that is even greater than the word “Head of State.” It is more honourable and responsible. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying that if you see Article 132 (4) (c), it says:- “Confers honours in the name of the people and the Republic.” It is important for us, as a House that protects devolution and this country, to also remind our Governors, Senators and any actors at any level of Government, that this function is not conferred on anyone else except the President. I am saying this with great humility, because I saw in another county a Governor attempting to confer state honours of this nature, in fact, commensurate to what is provided for in this Act, to people within the county. This is a Constitutional responsibility that cannot be performed by anyone else, except as provided for in Article 132 (4) of the Constitution, by the President and, as the Act lists, in the manner that he is going to be advised by the various entities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have an issue with the regulations, particularly, when you read paragraph 16, which says that a recommendation for nomination may be submitted to the respective honours advisory committee anytime during the course of the year, but not later than three months to the date of confirming. If you read these regulations, you will find also that it is possible for us to confer honour to a foreigner, for example. Sometimes countries in the world confer such honours to heads of state or Presidents of other countries who, perhaps, stand firm to support a cause of a country like ours, when we are 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 dealing with issues of regional conflict or any other issue. Three months is too long if, for example, we were to confer an honour to a head of state of another country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think that it is necessary to talk about “three months before,” but we can use words like “reasonable time”, enough to facilitate publication and public participation in the conferring of that honour.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, the honours provided for here, which include Distinguished Conduct, Silver Star of Kenya, Moran of Golden Heart, look like titles which can only be conferred to natural persons. It may be necessary for us, going forward, to think about other honours outside these traditional honours which are conferred on natural persons or individuals, so that we can have certain honours that are conferred to county governments. Such will include those counties which are able to attain a certain level of economic growth, bring down a certain level of unemployment and attract a certain level of investment. It is important that we introduce amendments to allow---"
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