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    "id": 963281,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Clause 12(B) enumerates the areas that may be considered for excellence, but I do not see politics. Clause 12(a) talks about leadership, but it is also deliberate to talk about politics. This is because politics is the art of the possible and organises society. Sometimes when we draft legislation; we are shy off our own selves. This is something that I would ask that it be included under some of the things that have been listed there as areas of excellence. As other speakers have said, do not just put people in a Hall of Fame. Confer them the honour of being named after buildings, schools, hospitals and universities, like the case I brought to this House, of Kenneth Matiba for Murang’a University of Technology. We also have the hostels in our public universities named after people. For example, there is a hostel in my former university, Kenyatta University, which is named after former President Daniel Moi. It is important because when the name is out there, then it evokes more memories. If you go to Ground Zero in New York, there are names of hundreds of people who died during that incident. However, you cannot keep on cramming all those names. Yes, they are there for posterity and the fountain is always flowing to reflect the tears of the people, but it does not make you realize who these people were; it is just a list of names. Therefore, it is very good when you confer these honours to various buildings and streets. Madam Temporary Speaker, there was an argument in Nakuru County because Governor Lee Kinyanjui tried to name the streets after the local heroes like Koigi Wamwere. I was very happy because I honour that man. However, there were complaints that he is naming dilapidated roads and giving them the names of heroes. So be it, those roads will be repaired one day. This will ensure that you do not say that you were conferred more honour because a better road that is well-maintained was named after you. It is not right to have the county governor making the final determination. In the same manner, we have distributed power in the presidency, where the president sometimes is given one name to appoint, the same should apply to governors. The role of the governor should just be ceremonial in terms of who is to be honoured. Why? This is because governors may decide to frustrate the honouring of certain people because they come from a family that was in competition with for power or they may have differed. A governor may be impartial as an individual in determining who is to be honoured, but need to leverage it. It needs to be a little bit clearer. Madam Temporary Speaker, in Clause 14(7) of the Bill, that power given to county assemblies, in my opinion, should be resident in the main Bill. To me, we are delegating too much power to county assemblies. Let it be clear because it is about how petitions are received and how an application is made. Let that procedure be well stated so that the MCAs can customize it. Otherwise, do we want to have different categories from one county to another? Do we want to have a standard application of the same 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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