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    "id": 483695,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/483695/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "to be called chairman, Jakom and what not. That is an African way of doing things. Where we borrowed this system, you will hear governors being called “governor so-and- so. You will never hear “His Excellency the Governor of Texas or His Excellency the Governor of Florida”. So, this African mentality of being obsessed with titles is very bad. It is a very bad culture. We need to disregard that and be comfortable with our names. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am worried about this Bill. If you use a title that you are not entitled to, you will be fined Kshs1 million or Kshs2 million. There are elders in churches who call themselves “ministers of a church”. Sam Nyamweya is a president of FKF. So, I do not know what they are going to do. I do not know whether he will continue to be called the president of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK). So, I am seeing many people losing their titles in this country when this Bill is enacted. I remember one time being told that a Minister for Sports and Culture in this country went to Los Angeles for a sports event and---"
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