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    "content": "people on the current system of honours. No country has all people in their honours. There are always a few from each sector and a lot of criteria used to award the honours. Recently, Parliament was included and we now have a committee that recommends names of the Members of Parliament who have served since Independence. I believe that is one of the ways of creating national history. However, in the same way, we also need constituency or county history which cannot all fit in the national honours which are given. I support this Bill very strongly. As I support this Bill very strongly, I hope that it will not be a divisive thing – something that will divide people of a county. We should have cohesion amongst those who have delivered in that area. I thank the Senator who said that women should have a column in this. More often than not, women are not looked at as leaders, heroines or people who have contributed to the betterment of our society. No wonder my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, who came to Parliament after me – I think I have contributed equally if not more – thought that I cannot cook and be a leader. It is not just him but many men think that way. In this hall of fame, we want to prove that women have contributed in our fight for Independence and developing our country. Therefore, each county has its heroes. Those are the heroes and heroines that we hope to see in this hall of fame and create history. The children from that area will even begin to learn and know their roots and where they have come from. Madam Temporary Speaker, they are many in any area you can think of. In our area in central, we have Wangu wa Makeri who has not featured anywhere. She was a famous chief who ruled almost the whole of central Kenya. Whereas her name is legendary, it is not famed anywhere. Women like Rebecca Njeri and Sarah Sarai fought very hard for our Independence. We even had women who fought in the Mau Mau war but you never hear of them. Others like General Marshall Muthoni and others cooked food for the war veterans. Each region has women. This is also one way of engendering women into fame. Therefore, when they are elected in their areas ---"
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