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    "id": 497547,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "good faith. Kenyans know who Kijana Wamalwa was in this country. Those of us who had an opportunity to interact with him know that he was a great scholar. He would articulate issues nicely. He was also a reconcilator because he stood in between wrangling forces, especially where political issues were being handled in this country. Most of the time, he would come out triumphant. Honouring our heroes can be done in very many ways. It could be through putting up mausoleums, naming roads and institutions after them and so on. I concur that this gentleman was a scholar. He loved education. If his county is going to set up a university I agree that his name should be engraved in that university. In other counties we have honoured our heroes in many ways. The second President of this country has his name engraved all over the country. We have institutions, roads, and schools named after him. The same applies to the founding father of this nation, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. I regret that this is being sought posthumously, when Kijana Wamalwa is long dead. However, it is not a belated concern because others have also been honoured that way; examples are J.M. Kariuki and Ronald Ngala. Those historical institutions, once they are named after our heroes, will carry those names for generations to come. Those who do not know Jomo Kenyatta can learn about him through the institutions named after him; examples are Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Kenyatta University. The good deeds of that leader are remembered, especially when students learn in those institutions. We would like our country to have educated people, so that we can compete with the rest of the world. There is no other way we can historically remember our heroes. This is because even if you put it in books, many of us might not read those books. However, when you engrave their names on structures that are open to the public then when people visit those institutions they remember the heroes. The late Wamalwa is no different from the other heroes of this country. When we identify a hero in this country and appreciate that he moved the country from point (a) to point (b), we need to honour that person when he is still alive. That way they will feel good that the people they have been leading appreciate the efforts that they have made. It is unfortunate that hon. Kijana Wamalwa is gone and is not with us; his spirit will make us make efforts to remember me. Those who will come after him, we need to honour them in the same way. That is the only way we can preserve our heritage. As we name institutions after these heroes, let us also identify the location of the institution. If the institution is in Kitale, let us call it, “Wamalwa Kijana University, Kitale”. If it is a university in Meru then we should have the name of the hero and then the location, which is Meru. This is so that we do not forget the locality of the institution. I support."
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