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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I support this Bill but there are one or two things important for us to recognise. The mausoleum is part of the history of our leadership. Once we recognise it in that manner, it is important we look at it administratively rather than coming up with legislation. This is because legislation means we will be enacting legislation for every other leader for purposes of this kind of arrangement. As I have mentioned, leadership particularly the presidents is part of our heritage. It is important to have them recognised in a proper manner. For example, we have the Heroes Day. In this country, we have agreed that there were heroes in the struggle for our Independence and the nationalist movements. However, it is more critical that these be made public. It is important to have them accessed by the public in a free manner without the many conditions like we have seen. We recognise that human beings are mortal and, definitely, death is imminent. You will have to die whether you are in leadership or not. As a country, we have only had one president die in office. It is also true that we have also not had the death of a president after Jomo Kenyatta. It really behoves that these are going to be there. In future, we are going to lose our people who have been in office as presidents. It is important we get prepared in terms of how we take care of their space in history. We have lost almost six or seven Vice-Presidents in this country since Independence. It is only the families of these Vice-Presidents who come up with things they could be remembered for. I remember there is a mausoleum in Jaramogi’s home in Bondo. It is open to the public. I am happy as a person that the museums and the heritage departments have taken up this matter. They need to take up all those if at all they are not established. We need to see something for Josephat Karanja, Saitoti and Murumbi. Murumbi donated a bit of artefacts for this country. It is important that they are recognised and their space is seen to be there. Therefore, the gist of the Bill is to have the mausoleum open to the public and this is important as part of our history and heritage. If we want to be proud of these people who contributed immensely in our lives, we have to get a way in which the mausoleums can be accessed. The other one is the administrative collection of all the things that are associated, for example, with Kenyatta. Some of the things are in Turkana while others are in Samburu and other places. In my view, at the mausoleum, we should have a collection of all these things put together, even if it is a matter of coming up with their caricatures at the mausoleum. We should have all these things where the mausoleum is as part of their contribution in history. As we are talking about opening up the mausoleum, we should bear in mind that the area is small. We need to think about where else we can place our heroes in terms of location. I remember there was a big debate of coming up with the Heroes Corner. It is important for that to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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