However, the Cotu boss cited various leaders who, according to him should have been celebrated while they were still alive, among them; Wangari Mathai, Oginga Odinga, Masinde Muliro, Tom Mboya, Ronald Ngala.
"To put it bluntly, the editorial by the Star newspaper is misplaced," he said.
Atwoli said that celebrating these people while alive would have encouraged them to continue doing to good work selflessly in society.
He noted that the same has been done for other people in Kenya and other parts of the world but it has never been a problem.
"If our history is anything to go by, President Jomo Kenyatta, President Moi and President Kibaki were honoured and celebrated whilst alive. And as a patriotic Kenyan, I must say, this was a good thing," Atwoli said.
He added, "There is nothing wrong with honouring great men and women that this country has produced when they are still alive just as much as there is nothing wrong with revieweing and honouring a deceased person."
Three weeks ago, the Nairobi County Government named Dik Dik Road in Kileleshwa after Cotu Secretary General, Francis Atwoli.
The move did not settle well with several people and this has seen the signage bearing his name get vandalised twice.
A few days after it was erected, unknown individuals took down the signage, which was later on erected.
On Tuesday morning, Kenyans woke up to pictures of the signage which had been set ablaze, by unknown individuals.
A team was later sent to repaint the signage.
