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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "nation. I know that act set a precedent for the status of our current President. Otherwise, if Jomo Kenyatta had not become President, I do not think Uhuru Kenyatta would have been remembered for anything. Those are the heroes we need to remember. I wish to support this Senate Bill because it will entrench in law the fact that during national occasions we have to honour our heroes. If there are medals to be given to people, then it should be based--- Two or three months ago, I watched some members being awarded. Sometimes you wonder how the assessment to arrive at the persons to be awarded was done. We need to have a proper selection committee to look into all aspects of life of those we think merit the awards. We should look at the performance of the person, their character and whatever good and great things that person has done for this nation. Sometimes you look at a list and you stumble upon names of persons who are known for perpetuating dictatorship and other bad things. Such people get awarded! I believe honouring of heroes is a very fundamental thing. We need to remember our heroes the way other countries remember their heroes. Many countries, for instance, remember their war heroes. We also need to honour our soldiers. They work very hard during day and night within and outside our borders. We need to remember our soldiers who were in South Sudan. They were recalled the other day by the President. I really do not know whether that move by the President was constitutional. We must also remember our soldiers who are working very hard in Somalia. They are there dying for us so that we can live peacefully. We can only wish that when they come back they are honoured by this nation. They deserve to be honoured as opposed to those who keep on picketing and doing bad politics in this country. We need to honour those soldiers who work hard outside there in order to make our nation safe. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to also state that it does not need to be those playing major roles in either shaping the politics of this country or leadership in this country. We must also honour those who make serious and tremendous contributions in education and science in this country although we are killing the great scientists because we are not giving them the right environment to do their serious assessments. This country would be one of those which are producing cars. Remember the first car which was introduced in the 1980s by the former President, Daniel Arap Moi. That is the Nyayo Pioneer. I do not know if it was intentional or accidental that some people “killed it”. But I wish we had made it a serious opportunity for us Kenyans by manufacturing it. We could be manufacturing cars for our country. I think people “killed it” and we do not see when we will even start manufacturing a bicycle, a toothpick or even a small pen. This nation needs to have some new directions, some new definitions and some new dispensations. So, let me just support this Bill without dwelling on other matters much. I just wish that we, in this Bill, add penalties that can force those in power and those in offices to ensure that respect and honour to those who did well for this nation does not depend majorly on political affiliations, political participation or political achievements. It should majorly be on what good they did to this nation. Thank you. I support."
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