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    "id": 456998,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "A person has come from the streets, but because of his political party he is awarded an EGH, when people who have served this country and brought it glory are given Head of State Commendation (HSC). Can you imagine that kind of unfairness? Look at the fellow whose performance has brought the whole world on its feet when the Kenya National Anthem is sang; our sportsmen are the heroes. Look at a fellow like Manu Chandaria who has contributed a lot in philanthropy; that is a hero, as far as I am concerned. You remember the guy from--- I am sure you all have read about the gentleman called “Yunus”; he is a banker; he is a very young fellow, who started a bank in Sri Lanka, and went on to get the Nobel prize. A small bank, like equity, has grown to be an international financial institution; fellows like these are the heroes of this nation. I would recommend that we identify heroes not just because of appointment. You are elected to a position, for example, today, tomorrow you became a Cabinet Secretary and then you are given a medal; what have you done for this county to warrant that medal? This is a very important Bill but we need to look into it. I quite agree with my colleagues that heroes will have to be assisted by the State. In the National Heroes Council, as I can see in the Bill, the Cabinet Secretary is referred to as Permanent Secretary (PS) and this is not constitutional. We should be careful not to put in a Bill unnecessary things. The National Heroes Council should be made up of people who are heroes themselves. You cannot be a member of the Council and you are a nobody. Just because a Cabinet Secretary can wake up in the morning and appoint his/her friend to the Council; we will not have that. This is very important and I am very happy that this Bill came at the opportune time. In this country people have been awarded honours and gone out to misbehave!"
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