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    "content": "own. This is a principle that we need to change. Our counties must start to recognise their own heroes and heroines within. Madam Temporary Speaker, something that has also come out is that it is important for us not to limit the County Hall of Fame and recognitions to political figures only. We should go beyond that and, for example, look at the various clergy who contributed immensely to the welfare of the society. We must also look at sportspersons, academicians, musicians, comedians, artists and all the various heroes that we have within our counties. That is very important. Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the greatest concerns across the board is about the selection committee. I think that is important. If we do not have a clearly defined and representative selection committee; that will mean that we will be unlikely to get the right people being honoured. Therefore, I appreciate the concerns and issues that have been raised. We will re-look at the composition of the selection committee. The other aspect that has come out across all the presentations is about the criteria for selection. Whereas the criteria for selection is fairly clear, the criteria under which somebody could be struck out of the roll of the Hall of Fame has to be well built. That is something that we will re-look at during the Third Reading. It is important to note that this Bill will not eliminate the national honours process at the national level. This is a complementary process that seeks to enlarge and ensure that we have more heroes in this country. Sometimes, we may appear as if we are a bit hard on ourselves. However, we should not just have one process, at the national level, of honouring our heroes. This country is blessed with many heroes and heroines. It may not be practical for all the heroes and heroines to be recognised at the national level. That is why this framework at the county level gives us the opportunity to ensure that we spread the recognition of heroes and heroines across the 47 counties in this county. In my county, for example, we would expect that the heroes, who have been recognized nationally, should be recognized even at the county level. Already, even within the contributions that have been made, a lot of issues have been raised as to how we can honour our heroes beyond just appearing in the county hall of fame. I think the aspect of naming institutions or public facilities and roads within our counties after those heroes is one of the excellent examples. So, I think we need to look at this issue from a wider perspective, so that then we can honour them by naming streets after them or even giving them some token. I think we need to look at a wider range of opportunities and privileges that come under the county hall of fame. If you have a hero who is ailing, it does not make sense to mention, honour and put his name in the county hall of fame, yet that person needs medication and cannot afford it. So, I think that it is important that we look at realistic chances and what needs to be done to some of these heroes as we move forward. The other element that is very strong is the gender aspect. As Sen. M. Kajwang said, we must take concrete steps to ensure that as we honour our heroes, we have to look for heroes among our ladies. I think that is important. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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