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    "id": 806153,
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    "content": "We the undersigned citizens of the Republic of Kenya and members of the Abasuba Community of western Kenya draw the attention of the Senate to the following:- (1) That Article 11 of the Constitution recognises culture as the foundation of the nation and as the cumulative civilization of the Kenyan people and the nation; (2) that the said Article further obligates the state to promote all forms of national and cultural expressions through literature, the arts, traditional celebrations, science, communication, information, mass media, publications, libraries and other cultural heritage; (3) That Article 44(1) of the Constitution grants to every Kenyan the right to use the language and to participate in the cultural life of the person’s choice; (4) That the Abasuba Community has faced serious historical injustices and violation of human rights as a community and has gradually disappeared due to introduction of Luo Language as a medium of instruction in Basuba schools both in pre- primary and primary schools; (5) That according to a press release by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in April, 2018, the indigenous language to be taught in Suba primary schools as from 1st January, 2019 will be Dholuo. This will not be accepted as it will kill our language (Basuba) completely; (6) That by way of Gazette Notice in 1994 which also created Suba Disctrict, the Basuba was recognised as one of the Kenyan tribes. The Notice further directed the then Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) to publish learning books in Suba Language. This is yet to be implemented to date; (7) That according to the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages, the Basuba comprise one of the 13 Kenyan tribes in danger of disappearing or becoming extinct due to a dominant neighbour, in this case the Luo ethnic group; (8) That the Press Release--- I do not know what the Senate Majority Leader is smiling about."
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