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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muhia",
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        "legal_name": "Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is unfortunate that I am the last Member to speak on this Bill. I needed to give guidance to the Members, noting that this Bill was reviewed by the Committee I sit in. Before I continue, let me remind the Members that this is the national Parliament and that is why it is called the National Assembly of Kenya. As we speak, everybody across the country is watching. We cannot turn a small thing like a drop of water into a big thing like an ocean, as some Members are attempting to do. To start with, this is not a substantive Bill. It is an amendment Bill. It is clearly correcting some grammatical errors that were made by the Committee during the Third Reading. Section 2 of the main law is about constitution of bodies at different levels. The main Act talks about persons on whom national honours shall be conferred. The main amendment we are dealing with in this amendment Bill is on the National and County Government Honours Advisory Committee. The drafters of this Bill did not insert the word “elected”. This word is today being replaced with the word “nominated”. This amendment is from the Council of Governors. The other amendment is giving the order of seniority of leaders in the Senate and the National Assembly. That is why the amendment seeks to add the leaders of the majorities and the leaders of the minority parties in the Senate and the National Assembly. I am raising this matter because Members are discussing this amendment as if it is the main Bill. It is good to ventilate on the matter, but it is also good to observe the rule of relevance as contained in our Standing Orders. When somebody says that President Uhuru Kenyatta recognised some people on ethnicity bases during the recent Mashujaa Day celebrations in Machakos, it leaves me worried. We need 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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