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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Susan Ngugi (",
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    "content": "Tharaka Nithi County, TSP): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion on the ratification of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property. Europeans came to this country holding the Bible in one hand, and a gun in the other to confuse us to embrace their culture and beliefs. I believe that we would still have developed and become civilised even without those colonisers. We would have used our indigenous knowledge to develop ourselves. We had our own medicine and ornaments. Kenya and Africa were self-contained. We should always embrace our culture as we travel out of the country. We can start a routine or culture of wearing our African attire and ornaments as we travel out of the country. Many of us look for dresses and suits from Turkey or the United States of America (USA). Why can we not dress in our African attire as we travel out of the country? We should give our children African names whose meanings we are aware of. We should teach our children our songs and dances to train them to carry themselves as Africans. I am happy that we have embraced our culture in Tharaka Nithi County, and invented the Ura Gate Tharaka Nithi Cultural Festival, which is held on every second week of August. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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