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    "id": 1161739,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "I remember I was given the burden of Rebbeca. I decided that together with her siblings, they will be my family. I embraced and took care of them as a mother because I have the cultural values in me. I would not want to abdicate the communal responsibility that we all have as Africans. The media should glorify the food we eat, the songs we believe in and everything about our culture so as to sustain it. We have a Ministry that deals with culture. There is need to interrogate whether it is really alive to ensuring that we encourage the development our culture and groom our children. They can have competition so that those who excel in culture and cultural activities can be awarded. Also, counties that do well in cultural development can be awarded and given presidential recognition. When it comes to music we have very strong artists whom we are not embracing. They can do very well in singing Bukusu, Gikuyu, Maragoli, and all other African languages. We need to ensure that these artists are brought on board. We should encourage and support them so that they can grow our culture. Article 11 of our Constitution states clearly that there is need for royalty and compensation for using other people’s culture. However, in the media people’s culture is used and no compensation is made. Local artists who are very strong and creative are used but there is are not compensated. We need to look at the mechanism of compensating and encouraging culture so that it propagates. I beg to second this Statement and call upon my fellow Senators to do the same so that it goes to the relevant office for execution."
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