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    "id": 738119,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to go on record in supporting this Bill. Anchoring recognition for outstanding performance is the most important activity as far as helping the country forge the right attitudes and behaviour is concerned. So, this Bill is timely and very important. My concern, which I would like to put on record, is that the President as the Head of State represents the nation and the scope of the award scheme should possibly be broadly expanded. It is not just the youth who are making contribution to the country‟s various endeavours but all categories of Kenyans in various respects and fields. This includes those who are engaged in productive activities be it in production, service delivery and so on. To confine or limit the President merely to recognising the activities of the youth or only of education defeats the purpose of encouraging Kenyans in all their respective fields to make their positive contribution to this country. The Bill should, possibly, also be more daring in terms of coming forward with a framework of defining criteria that help to advance the interest of the country in our various endeavours. In this regard, what we really require is a broad spectrum of considerations that recognise not only the contributions of the youth but also of the working people, the leadership and the people who in their various ways make positive contribution to this country."
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