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    "content": "fought very hard during the colonial times. Some of them excelled in sports but were never considered for any national award in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are many people who have made many contributions in the Kisii culture and development of our heritage. They include; Mzee Zephaniah Mogunde Anyeni, Lawrence Sagini, James Nyamweya, Zachariah Onyonka, our own Mzee Simeon Nyachae, our own celebrated Senator, Sen. Obure, the Chairman of our culture, Mzee Matundura and many others who have never been talked about. There are many people who have never been honoured, for example, students who were executed and died in cold blood because of incidences of terrorism in Garissa University College who may never be remembered. These should be the heroes to be celebrated and inducted in the County Hall of Fame Bill. Therefore, this Bill gives us a very good opportunity, so that we can recognize those we want to recognize in exceptional circumstances in our communities. However, we do not want this Bill to be used as a political reward and punishment measure by politicians. I, therefore, hope that there will be enough provisos in this Bill that will protect that, so that politicians do not use this as an instrument or weapon to reward their cronies or relatives and punish those who did not support them. I also hope that there will be no nepotism or corruption. One should not only reward their friends or supporters and leave out others who clearly deserve to be rewarded. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also request the Mover to look at Clause 14 of this Bill. I am glad that there is a requirement for a register to be provided because it will actually be like a memorabilia which will enable those who have already been honoured to be noticed. However, I would like the Mover perhaps to consider making an amendment to this clause, so that this register not only consists of names, but also the assets including artifacts to the hall of fame which can be brought posthumously. Those artifacts can become the assets of that particular county. This is because many of those artifacts right now are lying in so many other counties. For example, you may find artifacts from Kisii County in the National Museum of Kenya. We would like these artifacts to be registered as the property of each of the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I would like to once again commend the Mover. I support this Bill because it really sets the trend of devolution in the manner that we want it to go. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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