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    "id": 1161730,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1161730/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "where it has gone because the flora and fauna are so flat and the animals just disappear completely.” They would in Kikamba, yaa ata? To mean, how did it disappear? That then ended up being what is called the Yatta Plateau, today. Mr Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, you can see these things are really interesting. Same as the Athi River and the Tana River. The Tana River was very interesting because when they needed to cross and go to Mount Kenya they came across the Tana River. As they were heading there, chief Kivoi would say, “let us hope that the levels of water would be low because sometimes the snow would make the levels too high”. When they got to the place where the levels were low enough for them to cross the Tana River, he said, “tana” to mean be happy in Kikamba. Be happy, now we can cross. That is what is called the Tana River. All these stories come from books that were written by others and not ourselves. What I would like to say about this Motion today and as we celebrate our cultures is that, we need to write our stories ourselves. We need these stories and all our heroes and cultures to be celebrated by putting it in these cultural ways, having the policies in place, having even the places, whether it is the museums, or places that can celebrate our culture across the country. We, as Kenyans, have the duty to go around and enjoy each other’s diversity. Our diversity need not be the thing that divides us but rather that puts us together and helps even create stronger economies. We can use our own culture as methods of making money and celebrating each other. Let us look for cultural expressions. We have our own Senator here, Sen. Olekina, who would come in his traditional regalia. I thought that was very nice. I think we should have at least one da in week or one in a month that we can celebrate our cultural expression by even dressware. In some countries in Africa, you find that even school uniform is a cultural expression made from fabrics like our kitenge, the modern traditional look which is a"
}