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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "No, hon. Temporary Deputy Chair. You know I had the privilege of sitting next to a former Minister for Sports, Culture and Social Services and he is really agonizing how he lost that title of “Minister”. So, I was laughing next to him. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank hon. Keynan for bringing this Bill. This Bill is very important and it creates law and order in our country, especially on how people should relate and behave in functions. Having said that, I think it is timely because when you look at the disorderly manner in the way things are being handled in this country, it necessitates having this kind of Bill in place so that Kenyans can know how to move around. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am also happy that the owner of the Bill has pronounced himself here that he has taken care of the governor’s positions. I was also worried about that. Placing governors under that level looks very low to me. However, I do not see why even the title “His Excellency” needs to be misused the way it is being misused in this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, where we have borrowed that jurisdiction from in America, where we have a presidential system, even the President is called “The President of the Republic of America”. You never hear President Obama being called “His Excellency the President or Commander-in-Chief”. That is African mentality. Africans have a serious problem with titles. You know even in villages, somebody wants 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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