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    "id": 946279,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "the Heroes Act. This is the time we want to see Heroes Act being operationalised. We want to see people like Eliud Kipchoge being given medals such as the Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) and Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear (EBS). We have seen a gither i man getting Head of State Commendation (HSC). As we go for Mashujaa Day, wherever His Excellency the President and his advisers are, we want to see these great Kenyans being honoured. It is, indeed, true that heroes can be made, not born. He said he got this through hard work. This is motivation for the young people that indeed with hard work, the sky is the limit. We have seen so many Kenyans who have made us proud. We want to salute our Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). My colleague here has just talked about the need to identify and nurture talents. This is to salute the CBC. I do not see why somebody like Eliud Kipchoge would have wasted so much time learning the Pythagoras Theorem. It has no relevance. Look at where he is now and today, we salute him. This is a lesson to parents and students that if you are weak academically, that is not the end of everything. You can venture into sports. I saw the other day something doing rounds on the social media about the CBC in practice. Somebody was being crucified on the cross the way Jesus Christ was. I do not think that was the correct thing. Here, Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid are good living examples of the CBC. We do not have to waste so much time. We are putting so much pressure on our children, particularly at such a time when they are about to do exams. We want to tell our children wherever they are that the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education is not the end of everything. As Hon. Sossion has clearly put it, we want to invite Eliud Kipchoge to come and address Parliament. We want this Government to respect and nurture good talents. Hon. Sossion has been a very good trade unionist, but you find some people busy trying to finish him. We should not finish our heroes. We should nurture them to continue so that they can go to greater heights of prosperity. It is important. It is important because we have noticed that in this country, if you have identified someone and you have seen his competence somewhere, instead of supporting him, you are busy looking for a way to bring him down. Shame on you wherever you are! This is very critical. Look at Hon. 001, he is a first nominated Member of Parliament, but he has done very well in matters of legislation with Hon. Sossion. We see them active in this House. We salute you people. As we discuss about discriminative laws, we want this to be put in the law that when you talk of affirmative action, when we talk about marginalised groups, it is not just women - it is to do with the youth, people who are disabled and even workers. So, it is important that we take note of that. When it comes to representation, mostly it has been women as opposed to other groups. We are saying women should be 50 per cent then other positions can be shared equitably. We salute Eliud Kipchoge. As we go to Mombasa, we want to see Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei’s names being read by His Excellency the President. We salute His Excellency the President because he picked a phone and called Eliud Kipchoge. That was very patriotic of President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. We salute him for that. He did not bother to know what tribe Kipchoge is. It is through sports that we are saying no to tribalism. Thank you."
}