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    "content": "is really telling. We have to use the national flag as a way of rekindling our nationhood and patriotism because when people do not care about the State or nation, they are then able to participate in the very defeat of the endeavors to strengthen that very nation, thus the amendments to this Act are very timely. Indeed, I think that they are going to go a long way in ensuring that we embrace one another. I would want to give examples of places where a good number of us have visited. In a place like America, people hoist the American flag even on their houses and it is fine and every Government institution there has their own flag. When you come to our offices, I doubt if there are many of us who have a flag and if you are to be found to be one of those people, the first question somebody will ask you is ‘are you government’? It is something that we need to move away from. Obviously, we have our own challenges but at the same time, we have got to focus on our unity. I would want to imagine that with the passage of this Bill, we will see people making dresses and having all forms of attires carrying the flag of this country with them. Indeed, with the passage of the Bill, I hope that Kenyans will also have time to reflect on the new-found unity or cooperation between His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga. I pray that we will also find time to reflect on what went wrong with our nationhood because if we do not interrogate this question, we will always sabotage ourselves. It will not matter if we have made progress in terms of infrastructure because we can have the hardcore development of tall buildings but still have a divided and disunited country. That way, we will not move forward. We also have to find new ways of uniting us such as sports; soccer and athletics, for people to know the true meaning of this country. We have a lot that we can enumerate from Article 10 of the Constitution about national values and principles on the promotion of our national heritage and culture because in each and every one of us and, indeed, across the country, there is some “Kenyanness ” in us. There is that which distinguishes us from other countries and it is signified by this flag and many other national emblems and symbols. I support."
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