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    "id": 1161737,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "However, they were allowed a visit maybe once a week. That is the day you would see them and dance together. It was interesting. They would wear masks such that they would see you but you could not identify them. Everyone looked forward to a time when they would be initiated and given back to the society as men. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must put county governments to task to ensure that they develop our heritage. The National Government sends money to county governments. Most of the times, we pass money to go the county governments. In the yearly development plan, county governments must ensure that they allocate resources to develop our heritage and culture. They can even come up with museums. These museums will be a source of employment because curators will be needed. They will teach visitors about the African traditional heritage and what was there. This will be very rich for Kenyans Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that most children especially those who were brought up in town, may not even know their vernacular language. It becomes very difficult. They learn the language of the catchment area. When fully grown, it becomes a harrowing moment for them to learn this language on their own. There is need to ensure that we are not losing our culture. County executives can even plan contests and shows in the county to celebrate our culture, ourselves and leaders. When Sen. Kasanga was debating, she proved that when the White Man came--- I am a scholar and also a student of history. In the history books written by White Men, they say that the first person to see Mt. Kilimanjaro was so and so and yet Mt. Kilimanjaro was there. It did not come at the time of the White Man. It is unfortunate. They even tell you the first ‘White Man’ to name Mt. Kilimanjaro, when the locals were there and they had a name for Mt. Kilimanjaro. When the biased scholars who are inclined to Europe write their books, they say they were the first ones to see. The same goes for Lake Victoria. You will find in history books that so and so was the first one to see Lake Victoria and yet we had so many Africans who were living, fishing and getting a source of income from there. The Constitution says clearly that we can express our culture through literature, writing, books and even libraries. That way, we can glorify what is ours. Those Kenyan scholars who are listening to our proceedings should know that as Senators, we are encouraging them to come up with writings that glorify our own culture. We cannot just sit and say we do not have a culture. The culture comes from the West. Madam Temporary Speaker, culturally we did not have children on the streets. In a situation where children’s parents were dead, the community would embrace and take care of them. It is the same community that would ensure those children feed and go to school. At the moment, we have so many street children. This is not one of our cultures. I want to give the example of Rebbeca whose mother disappeared in the whirlwind and she does not know her father. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, the mother to these three children became mad. They do not know their father or where they come from. They were left on their own. Traditionally, this would never have happened. We would have taken care of these children and ensure they eke a living and become part of the family."
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