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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also wish to support this important Bill. It is a Bill that we should all support because for the first time it is going to bring sanity and order in the area of identification of national heroes and conferment of awards or honours to them. For a long time the matter of identifying and honouring heroes has been abused. If you look at the list of recipients of awards in this country over the years, you see a clear pattern of people who profess a certain ideological line. More often than not, you will find people have basically been on the side of the status quo benefiting from the award of honours as heroes in this country. For the first time, we are going to have a law that is going to regulate these issues. I am very happy that in this Bill there has been set a very elaborate criterion of identifying heroes. I am also happy to note that one of the areas being looked at is the history of the person as far the struggle for liberation is concerned. Even though we are not told what liberation is being referred to here, I suppose that the intention of this Bill is to incorporate those who have struggled in all the deliberations that we know of in this country. Many times when people talk of liberation they think of the first liberation of the country from the colonial yoke. It is important to understand that this country has gone through different phases of liberation. I must point out that the second liberation is one such liberation that has brought this country to where we are. I am happy that for the first time all the heroes of the various forms of liberation are going to be recognized, legally speaking. It is also important to understand that the nomination process has been made open and transparent in this Bill in such a manner that any member of the public, any group of individuals, any institution or organization can nominate people whom they feel are qualified to be called heroes of this country. This will ensure that we have a wide representation of the people who are eventually nominated and conferred these awards. 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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