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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/872000/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think this is something we all have to be proud of. In those days when I used to go to primary school – and I agree with Hon. Mbarire – on Fridays, you would see the national flag flying. Recently, I went to a school and I was honoured when the head teacher requested the pupils to sing the national anthem. I was disappointed as a Kenyan. I was very disappointed that the pupils could not sing our national anthem. As it was fading towards the end, they could not even finish singing it. Therefore, it is good to be proud to be Kenyans. As a Kenyan, I want to say that the national flag was meant to bring unity amongst the diverse ethnic communities of this country. Therefore, I ask the Chair to get this to the Ministry of Education: that, school children should be able to sing our national anthem, for heaven’s sake, to bring people together. I am sure when adults like you and I hear our national anthem being sang somewhere in a function, like at Kasarani Stadium, as the previous speaker said, and when our athletes actually do us proud out there and you hear it, you feel proud. What astonished me is that our own children cannot sing our national anthem, leave alone enjoying the national flag."
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