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    "id": 953742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/953742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my county is currently carrying out public participation on the establishment of Iten Municipality, Municipal Board and so forth. Had we not passed the law to ensure that these institutions are in place that would not been done. It is important for us to plant this seed in our counties. Secondly, the County Hall of Fame is also important not just in recognizing people, but in protecting and promoting our history. We have a problem in our country, where we have a young population. If you tell them that the elections in 1992 were competitive; there was the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD)-Kenya, FORD-Asili, there was somebody called Matiba and Jaramogi, most of them will ask who those are. They have no idea because history is not given prominence. One of the things I totally disagree on with the Deputy President is his assertions in public is that the history of Vasco da Gama and the like is not a good subject in high school. It is important that even as children study all other courses, they must appreciate their history, whether it is science, geography; how explorations were done, who the explorers were, what they achieved; the history of medicine or what was discovered and who discovered what. I believe that history is very important. This County Hall of Fame is important in collecting and preserving the history of a people in a particular county. If we wait for the national Government to be the only people who will collect and preserve the history of this country, the Bukusu nation may never have an opportunity to come to Nairobi and work on their history. However, when The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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