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    "id": 1029340,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "However, now we are in a country where people scramble for primitive accumulation of wealth at the expense of everything. We need a very strict law to protect our heritage. If you go to Uganda, there is a Luhya community in Uganda, the Bamasaba and there is a place where Sen. (Dr.) Mbito could know, called Mumu Toto, where President Museveni goes to attend circumcision ceremonies of the Luhya people of Uganda, every August. That is their heritage. Here in Kenya, we are busy shouting obscenities at each other as we destroy our country. I want to salute the Maasai people. Sen. Olekina knows that I have visited the Maasai Mara a minimum of once a year. Every time I see anything abnormal, I come and share with him. Madam Deputy Speaker, the destruction of the Mau Forest and the killing of the Maasai Mara is something I have spoken to here. We must salute communities that are part of the protection of our heritage. We must help them. The national Government must provide enough money to protect these sites. Long are gone days when to be appointed a Cabinet Secretary (CS) for heritage was seen as a punishment. In fact, now it should be seen as a source of pride because you are going to protect what Kenyans hold dear. Madam Deputy Speaker, I salute Sen. Khaniri. Whatever Committee you give this Statement, let them not only look at issues to protect our heritage sites and interest. They should develop a law and update the existing law so that our heritage becomes part of our history. There is no point for us to be visiting other countries to see where their kings used to sleep when we do not even know where our chiefs used to grace. Thank you."
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