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    "id": 953753,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Other than the athletes in Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties, are there other people that should be recognised? Recognizing people as heroes is not enough. For people like me who did not know him, the only semblance of Muindi Mbingu is a statue at the junction to Mombasa that was done by Gov. (Dr.) Alfred Mutua in his usual theatrics. That is it. Hakuna kitukingine . The same thing can be said about Paul Ngei who was one of the Kapenguria Six. The only thing we remember about him are his bankruptcy proceedings and the fact that he died a poor man on a wheelchair. There is no recognition for his role in the struggle for Independence. I am sure if you go to other counties, you will find one or two people who contributed immensely. About a month ago, I attended a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mr. Tobiko in Mbooni where we launched the Mbooni Sub County Forest Association to try and intervene on logging in forests. A gentleman who was possibly 90 years old told us that he fought during the First World War. He said that they were evicted from Mbooni Forest by a mzungu who I cannot remember his name so that trees are planted. That is why we have trees on the hills in Mbooni Constituency. The man died three weeks ago and that is the end. For this Bill to make some sense, we should find a method of going as far back as we can remember the Kenyan history retrospectively. I bought a book in Naivasha authored by a man who owned Oserian Flower Farm, but he passed on recently. He was what they call in colloquial terms, Kenyan Cowboy (KC). If you read his book, you will get to know about Naivasha, the struggle for Independence, the struggle between the Whiteman and Africans and the Mau Mau Movement. Those are the people with the history of this country. Unfortunately, the history is recorded in books and there is no library anywhere to get those writings. People do not know that Sir Isaac Newton was in a way crazy. He used to fall in love and his love letters are stored in the British Library. I was really entertained to read some of his writings, in his lucid moments. Every county should set aside a certain amount of money, for example, for people to avail any tool of war that was used during the Nandi Rebellion to Nandi County Government, so that they are purchased. Residents of Makueni County, for example, could be asked to find tools that were used to sharpen knives. Those items should be collected because they form part of the history that we have forgotten. We spent a lot of time in Kitui County. The first black Chief Justice (CJ) was from Kitui County, but there is no recognition whatsoever about his writings. I do not know whether Sen. Murkomen and Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki know that the Judiciary has set up a museum in the High Court. You will find the original order that had Dedan Kimathi arrested. It also contains some of the works of the court even in pre-independence. When you go to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) room just ahead of this Chamber, you will see a scalpel that was donated to us when construction of this building begun in the 1900s. It is just lying there loosely. There is a photograph that was donated to the first President of Kenya too which also lies there loosely. If I were asked, first of all, we should find a retrospective operation of this law to recognise people who contributed in some form, in terms of bravery, heroism, scientific researches, academic, et cetera. 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."
}