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    "content": "stopped and helped this guy. This man had come from Kenyatta National Hospital and he could not afford medicine worth Kshs500. He told me that when we had moved him off the road and I gave him Kshs1,000, he started crying. I was so touched not by what I had done, but what difference Kshs1,000 which we do not take seriously makes in somebody’s life. He told me that it is one month’s supply of medicine for him. Why am I saying this? It is because as a community, we have shifted the things that are of value to us and we glorify things that we should not be glorifying. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, because of time and I know the other hon. Members are keen, I want to bring in another aspect which is the gender aspect of honour. In this country, even when you look at the honours that the Presidents have given in the past, they have not focused on women of honour. I want to give an example of women like Nanjero who, when the colonialists attacked people at a hotel in town, she was shot dead. But in history, she is not captured. We have learnt to write history, but not her story. We do not write “her story”; we write history. This Bill will give us an opportunity to write “her story” and not only “history”. Therefore, I would like us to recognize women like that one I have talked about who was shot dead, people like Mekatilili wa Menza, Priscilla Abwao who was responsible for our Constitution, Phoebe Asiyo, and even, posthumously, Prof. Wangari Maathai who we were only honoring after the international community had honored her. I also want to remember the age aspect. There are young people who have fought for the liberation of this country. These are people like Cecily Mbarire, Kabando wa Kabando, Judith Muthoni, Solomon Muruli, Muthoni Wanyeki, Atsango Chesoni, amongst others who have fought for this country. But we now assume them and honour people who did not even lift a finger. They are the ones who are being recognized. I would like to concur with hon. Gitobu Imanyara who I also think deserves the highest honor for the work he has done for this country. I want to agree that we must set standards so that they are not abused. The fact that we provide for them here is not enough. Finally, this Parliament deserves honour. The Members of this Parliament have worked tirelessly. Even though the issue of a new Constitution eluded us for years, this Parliament sat through it. We will write books and indicate what some of us went through in order for that Constitution to come through which the public did not know. After the last day of reviewing the Constitution in Naivasha when the white smoke finally came out, hon. James Orengo was flown to Nairobi and admitted in a hospital. I was admitted in hospital with all loss of hair because of the stress. There are several hon. Members who were also admitted because of that. People do not know the stories behind what we do in this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks I beg to support."
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