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"speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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"content": "you are in Bungoma County, it is easier to preserve the history of the Bukusu by the Bukusu people in their locality. It will become easy for a Marakwet to travel to Bungoma to read the history of the Bukusu people, because there will be a Bukusu or Bungoma Hall of Fame that captures the history of the people of that place. The same will apply to Elgeyo-Marakwet. If you want to know who the endos, Kapchamutwas, Sengwer, Sambirir, Chepkoria and so forth are, you will get that information from the county hall of fame. History will be preserved by the recognition of different persons in that region that have made an impact in so far as the issue of establishment of the County Hall of Fame is concerned. This is extremely important in the preservation of history. Thirdly, it is important in so far as the education of our people is concerned, so that our children can be educated through the knowledge they derive from this County Hall of Fame. It also preserves the culture. If you go to Elgeyo-Marakwet County, you will find that the artefacts that were used for cooking, when going to pay dowry; the tools and equipment that were carried and how they used to brew busaa or other kinds of brews, are fading away. In fact, the closer you are to Nairobi, the lesser your culture is preserved. Using this mechanism of County Hall of Fame and these processes, you recognize people who have established, protected and promoted culture with cultural equipment and artefacts. For counties like mine and other counties in the North Rift; the county of Geoffrey Kamworor, Eliud Kipchoge, Moses Kiptanui, Vivian Cheruiyot, Janet Chepkorir and Pamela Jelimo--- The other day, I was asking someone if they know Pamela Jelimo and they could not even remember that there was a young girl who won millions of money in the Golden League. Unfortunately, some other characters took advantage of her and messed up her life. My point is that if you ask anybody who is likely to be inducted to the Elgeyo- Marakwet County Hall of Fame, the leading people will be athletes, not just by virtue of winning medals, but also leading a life that is exemplary after winning those medals. This is because it is not enough to win one, two or three days. There are people who have broken world records and won many titles, for example, David Rudisha and Ezekiel Kemboi. These are people that should be recognized because of inspiring others. Moses Kiptanui, the coach of Ezekiel Kemboi, has inspired and trained so many athletes. I know him very well; a man who is a leading businessman in Eldoret Town. This kind of people must be recognized. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I like about this Bill is the fact the selection committee is objective. Although the governor and the county executive have a role, the selection panel is composed of persons who are expected to do an objective job. Assuming this selection panel failed in their duty, the law itself provides for oversight of this selection panel. The selection panel has the clerk of the county assembly, the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member, chairperson of county public service board and two public officers nominated by the county public service board. What is missing that we should amend? I conceded earlier that although it is the Senate Majority Leader who is moving this Bill, it is moving as it was moved then by Sen. Sang, and it failed somewhere in the National Assembly. One of the groups that 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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