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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank Sen. Wako who is my own brother-in-law and the longest serving Attorney-General in Africa. This House will remember that not long time ago, he brought a similar Motion on training and now he has brought one on civic education. This is the way we should move if we want to move with the rest of the electorate and the rest of the populace of the country. The first contribution I want to make is that it is important to incorporate teaching of the Constitution in our school syllabus right from primary school, to secondary school and beyond. Because of your grey hair, you will remember the good old days when you used to be taught civic education in primary schools. No wonder because of that kind of grounding, the older members of the society in Kenya are better placed in providing leadership. Otherwise, without that civic education, people like Sen. G.G. Kariuki and Sen. Wako would not be in positions of leadership in this country. The youth would have knocked them out. But because we have not been preparing our youth very well, this is why we still have senior members of society still in positions of leadership. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we embark on this serious issue of civic education, then for the first time, the Republic will ask itself: When we were voting for 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."
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