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    "id": 421815,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/421815/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had a balance of two minutes to go. I was congratulating the young girl who brought fame and honour to Kenya, Ms. Lupita Nyong’o. We have such huge talent in Kenya that we must be recognize ourselves rather than waiting for our talent to be recognized by people in a far away land, just like Lupita has been honoured in the United States, yet we have not done anything for her. On Monday, we had the honour of learning the performance of our students in KCSE, where we were told that there was a young boy from Alliance Boys High School who did very well and the top girl in the whole Republic came from Moi High School Kabarak. I do not know what it will take for us to be able to recognize and thank such a pool of talent in our young children when they excel. We do not have to wait for other people to come from outside in order to recognize that talent. We should be able to set aside scholarships to send such brilliant brains to top universities in the world to study some of the courses that we think we can benefit from. I do not know whether we have any scholarships dedicated to the top girl or boy in KCSE at all except the philanthropic scholarships that are being given by the Equity Bank. They call it “Wings to Fly”. That is not a Government initiative. I would like to challenge the national Government and the county governments to see how they can rise to the occasion and be able to recognize the talents that we have. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have not recognized the talents of even our own researchers in Kenya. Late last year, Dr. Menage, a young medical doctor from West Pokot was honoured in Norway. The whole world recognized the work of this young scientist, but here in Kenya we do not do it. It is a very big challenge that we need to wake up to as a nation and be able to appreciate what we have around. We should even be able to---"
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