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    "id": 423105,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/423105/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "and interdependent in this country, and one of them is headed by the governor. If we want to have national unity we must allow the governors to fly the national flag, otherwise very soon you will see counties that create their own flags and then declare their own republics. For example, Kakamega County has a population of 1.8 million people. This population is more than that of some countries of the world. For us to have national unity, the national flag must be used to bring people together. That is the reason I support that the governors should fly the national flag. You do not expect a governor to fly a flag which has decorations of elephants, crocodiles, ants et cetera. We cannot allow that to happen in this country because it is demeaning to the office of the governor. The office of the governor is as powerful as any other office which has executive power by virtue of the Constitution. For that reason, let us not bring in laws that intend to punish certain groups of people. We make laws here for posterity and so that we can take this country forward. If you look at the intention of this Bill, it is very clear. Even Ministers of this country have been flying flags since Independence; from the days of the Government of the late Jomo Kenyatta. Today, we want to stop them. If Members of Parliament are envious of the governors, let them provide in the Bill that they will also fly flags on their cars."
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