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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/455614/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was just alerting the House that hon. Keynan has drafted a similar Bill. I was just wondering whether this Bill was not in conflict with hon. Keynan’s Bill. That is just an opinion that I hold. I would like to move the Bill. This is a very simple Bill, with only two amendments. We have sought a deletion in the third amendment. The Bill seeks to clarify which State officers are expected to fly the national flag. Regulation 3(3) on Flying of the National Flag Regulations, made under this Act, entitles the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the National Assembly, a Cabinet Secretary or the Attorney-General to fly the national flag on a motor vehicle. Of course, the principal Act was passed long before the new Constitution came into place in 2010. Therefore, the Act did not envisage that governors would be in place. We now have a new Constitution but the law is silent on flying flags by governors. So, the flying of flags by the governors is not legal. Because the law is silent, you do not assume that you are expected to fly the flag. It is not implicit that the governors are expected to fly the national flag. The proposed new Section 2A of the Bill states very clearly the categories of persons or State officers who are expected to fly the national flags. The second thing that the Bill seeks to address has already been passed by the Senate. It sets out the order of precedence of State officers, which is to be observed for all The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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