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"content": "due process. People will be asking why others have not been appointed. We must follow due process so that there is an opportunity for citizens to object to an individual being appointed to this Hall of Fame if they feel that that person does not deserve. If the objections are not going to be taken on record, they have recourse to the judicial processes. It is possible that the judiciary will scrutinise. Sometimes if somebody knows that he was appointed for political expediency and now his character will be challenged in a court of law, he may say “I do not want to be discussed. I am contented not to be put in that Hall of Fame”. This transparent mechanism of establishing the County Hall of Fame is very useful. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in addition, the persons in Clause 12 who will be inducted into the County Hall of Fame, there is also an indication of who they are. They are people who have exhibited exemplary qualities, actions, achievements of heroism, sacrifice, bravery, patriotism and leadership for the benefit of the county. They are also people who have made exemplary contribution to the county or country in economic, social, scientific, academic and public administration. There are many professors in the universities who never get to be given Head of State Commendation (HSC) despite the fact that they have made fantastic contributions to this country. They do social programmes in their counties and still do fantastic jobs in the universities. It is important that this opportunity is afforded to the counties to recognize such great men and women for the benefit of the country. There are also people in sports, journalism, security, state officers and people who have achieved certain kinds of honour. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no problem if, for example, Siaya County, as Sen. Orengo said recognizes Former President of America, Mr. Obama in their County Hall of Fame. They can say that though he is an American, he is recognizable because of history and connection to the county and also through his charitable work through human rights institutions and so forth. There will be certain people that some of us may want recognize because of their contributions. We then have the County Hall of Fame Register and so forth. In a nutshell, this is an important Bill. As I have suggested, maybe we should add two representatives from the County Assembly in the Committee. We should also make whatever amendments that colleagues here are able to make after contributions. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, because of this very important contribution, I congratulate Sen. Dullo for moving the Bill in my absence. I request our colleagues to also pass it. As you can see there are no many amendments to this Bill. This is because in the last session, we did thorough amendments to it. If there is further wisdom that will have ensued from these people, we can add to it. As I said, one of the reasons why it is a fairly clean Bill is because it went through all the processes in last term. However, because the Standing Orders require that we scrutinize this law from the beginning, there is nothing wrong with adding more provisions that are beneficial to the country. With those many remarks, I beg to support."
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