{"id":204133,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/204133/?format=json","text_counter":57,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Shakombo","speaker_title":"The Minister for National Heritage","speaker":{"id":244,"legal_name":"Rashid Suleiman Shakombo","slug":"rashid-shakombo"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The ex-freedom fighters belonged to a proscribed movement until 2003 when the Government lifted the banning order. Therefore, it was not possible to honour the ex-freedom fighters before the Gazette Notice No.913 of 1950 was lifted. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, the Government has put mechanisms in place to honour ex-freedom fighters. My Ministry constituted a task force which has collected data September 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3827 on Kenyans' views countrywide on who should be honoured as a hero or heroine. The report is now complete and I have forwarded it to the Cabinet for policy direction. My Ministry has built a few mausoleums and statues as you may have seen or heard in the recent past in honour of six ex- freedom fighters; commonly known as the famous Kapenguria Six. But once there is a clear policy guideline, we shall endeavour to honour most of the declared ex-freedom fighters and other national heroes and heroines."}