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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Bill also provides for the keeping of a county hall of fame register of persons who have been inducted into the county hall of fame. With the coming into effect of this Bill, once we pass it into law, we must have a record so that 50 years from now, we will know that in the year 2015 or 2016, this county government inducted these people into the county hall of fame as part and parcel of the history and heritage of the counties. That is already provided for in this Bill. The Bill also provide for the circumstances under which a governor may suspend or revoke the induction of a person from the county hall of fame, including where an inductee engages in conduct that is incompatible with the status of a person who has been inducted in the county hall of fame. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if institutions are given the mandate and the power to honour, they should also retain the power to take away that honour if that person behaves in a manner that is not compatible with the reasons behind the honour that was given. Therefore, once an individual has been inducted into the county hall of fame, that person has to be a person of integrity and live it through his/her life. If in mid-stream, the person behaves in a manner that is incompatible with the honour that he was given, the county governments reserve the right to take away that honour. Therefore, somebody has to remain as a person of integrity all the way. The Bill also allows for the induction or removal of a person from the county hall of fame posthumously. We have many heroes and individuals in our country who played critical roles in the history, development and prosperity of their counties or regions. Most of them have gone ahead of us. The Bill provides for a mechanism where we can honour such people posthumously. The Bill also empowers the management committee to receive historical items and artifacts with the approval of the CEC member for preservation within the county hall of fame. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, once the county hall of fame has been set up, the law provides that they can admit artifacts and historical items. In my county of Nandi, we already have Koitalel Samoei Mausoleum. Some of the items that were used by this legendary leader in Nandi had been taken by the colonialists all the way to Britain. We worked so hard in ensuring that some of those artifacts and items are brought back. The provisions in this Bill allow the county to preserve some of these historical items and artifacts within the county hall of fame as a way of preserving our history. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the county hall of fame will also serve as a repository of information regarding the inductees and also relating to the culture, history and heritage of the county. That is why it is important to go to certain regions in this country. They have a great history and interesting culture. We should preserve this for ourselves and for the future generation. The Bill also creates offences in the case of persons who falsely represent themselves as inductees into the county hall of fame or who solicit or offers to give bribe for induction into the county hall of fame. We want to ensure that anybody who gets to succeed to be inducted into the county hall of fame merits it."
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