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    "id": 963197,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "This Bill is a fairly straightforward. It is not a money Bill. It provides a framework for recognizing people who have put signatures in our country and for preserving our arts and culture. When you visit other countries in the world, you find that people preserve their cultures and artifacts. They also have portraits of people who have contributed to their country. Unfortunately, apart from the national level, we do not have such structures in our counties where we can recognize those individuals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill also provides for capacity building on how to educate members of the public to serve as a source of information. For example, if you ask most of our school going children about our history, they might not understand the aspect of what we have preserved. It is also important to preserve documents about our history and deposit them in such places. The Bill also provides for counties to erect a hall of fame within the county governments. This is not something new that will have financial implication on county governments. It is something that needs to be established with the available structures. It also provides for county governments to designate certain buildings for that purpose. It also provides for a County Executive Committee (CEC) Member of the department of culture to maintain that building and operate it within the legal framework that we have. The Bill provides for county governments to come up with a committee that can sit and select heroes. The Committee is not only established for that purpose, it should also run the programme of recognizing the individuals who have contributed to our country. It also provides that the Committee should meet twice a year and look at persons to be identified as heroes within a particular county. Clause 9 of the Bill provides for declaration of conflict of interest. For example, if a person sits in the Committee, they should not benefit from that process. Again, if a matter that appears before the Committee touches on a relative, they should declare their interests. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Clause 12, the Bill provides for the kind of people who should be appointed to serve in this Committee. They should be persons of integrity. In Clause 13, the Bill provides for petition for the induction of a person in to the hall of fame. So, a person should petition the Committee on the matter that appears before it. Issues of public participation are also provided for. The Committee, in its deliberations, should involve members of the public in terms of what it is doing and the 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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