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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also stand to support this very important Bill; in doing so let me say that we need to first identify who is a hero. In this country today, there are many people who claim to be heroes when they are not. Doing your job does not make you a hero; it is doing your job beyond the call of duty that makes you a hero. When you look at what has been happening in our country, the issue of conferment of honours and awards has been totally upside down. This Bill came at the right time because on 12th December, 2013 we will be 50 years old as a nation, and there is a committee which is working on conferring people with honours and awards. This Bill is very important to me because we have to identify the people who have provided exemplary service to this country, and not just any person; if Gen. Nkaissery is just somebody, he is given a medal. I was amazed when I was in the Government as an Assistant Minister, and we went to the School of Monetary Studies; I challenged the then President and asked him why he was giving Ministers the Order of the Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH) medal. What about the Assistant Ministers? In any case, why should Ministers on appointment be given the second highest medal in the country; just because they have been appointed as Ministers, they are given an EGH medal? 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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