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    "id": 963295,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963295/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I support it because it will help us write our history well. Kenya has not gotten the history of our people right. Our children will know more about Vasco da Gama than they would know about the reforms that Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri introduced in the various Ministries that he went through. Madam Temporary Speaker, our children will know the history of Europe more than the history of our own people. No wonder we have a lot of streets named after heroes that we never saw. Therefore, I support this Billl because we will be able to write our history in a better way, and our children will be more informed than ourselves. As I was reading this, I remembered that when I was in the East Africa Legislative Assembly, I once attended the National Independence Day of Tanzania. I saw something that was extremely different from how we deal with our celebrations. The most important people during the celebrations in Tanzania are their past heroes. They will talk about Nyerere more than the sitting President. This is because they have written their history well and learnt to appreciate. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is my hope that by having the County Hall of Fame, we will be able to recognize our people and be an appreciative society. This will ensure that we appreciate what people like Oloitiptip and Ole Tipis did, as you know them from your county. This is because these are people who had a lot of impact in the history of this country. However, when you ask our children about them, they do not even know who they are and yet, we know the history of other countries more than ours. Therefore, we believe that this will be an opportunity for us to research and know those whom we want to honour posthumously and at this time. We know that there are people who have made an impact in this country and nobody has remembered them. In the Objects of this Bill, I like the fact that Clause 3 (a) talks about recognition, by counties, of persons who have made significant contributions to the county or country. This means that the hall of fame will be a national asset. For example, I expect Sen. Kasanga to be in a hall of fame in Turkana. If she has had an impact in architectural building, she should be recognized in Turkana because they have recognized a skill and a Kenyan. I hope that we will not limit ourselves to the counties that we come from. I would like to see people honoured more for what they did for the country."
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