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    "id": 570801,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak about this Bill. I thank the Mover of the Bill, Sen. Sang. There are people who assume that I am the youngest elected Senator in this House but credit goes to Sen. Sang. Over the years, he has proven that young Senators are also capable of doing a splendid job. I congratulate him on that. As I speak about this Bill, allow me to pay tribute to the late comedian, Mzee Ojwang. Many of us cannot recall any other name besides Ojwang Hatari. He is one of those heroes that if this Bill would have become an Act while they were still alive, he would have ended up in the one of the halls of fame that we will be setting up across the country. Allow me also to congratulate the Kenya Volley Ball Team. The ladies have done us proud. What we keep on forgetting is that this is not the first time that they have clinched a major title. When they come back to Kenya, we will, probably, go and meet them just for the sake of getting good photos for social media rather than meaning well for their welfare as a team. I urge those who will welcome and host these fair ladies to dinners, ballads and dances to have their interests at heart and not just try to milk publicity through our usual social media strategies. Madam Temporary Speaker, the intention of this Bill is great because it intends to recognise heroes at the local level. We have relied on national recognition schemes to identify and recognise our heroes. Unfortunately, these schemes have a very limited view of the nation. We have seen that, mostly, it is politicians, public administrators, military, police officers and chiefs who have benefited from the national recognition schemes. There have been accusations of nepotism, tribalism and political patronage in the award of national recognition schemes. It is a good thing that with devolved system of government, we are pushing the recognition to the local levels so that we do not have that monopoly of recognition being left at the national level. This Bill does not mean that the national recognition schemes that are run by the head of State will come to an end. However, at least, at the local level, the halls of fame will talk about our local heroes and ensure that we immortalize them. Besides setting up a whole of fame, there are other approaches that have been used to recognise our heroes. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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