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    "id": 1478828,
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    "speaker_name": "Nyamira County, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jerusha Momanyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support the Motion on the establishment of science museums in our country. The kind of museums that we have were established along time ago, but they do not have artifacts for Africans to appreciate what used to happen. Some us who studied oral literature in school and went out to do research were getting real information from the old people. They were telling us how they used to do things. Before the invention of health facilities that we have these days, even our forefathers used to carry out operations. They could operate on somebody and that person could survive. We are not able to understand how they used to do it. If there were science museums, they could keep those facts and explain them to us. We then could appreciate how far we have come and how far evolution of knowledge that we have these days has come. Hon. Temporary Speaker, looking at our country today, we can appreciate different cultural backgrounds where we come from and also appreciate the different languages, including our mother tongues. Children in this era are not able to communicate or understand what is being communicated through the native languages. I support this Motion because the science museums will keep what is there for posterity, so that those who will come after us will understand where we have come from and where we are. They will also understand some of the innovations which have been put in place that have made our economy and education to grow. It will be a place where the students in universities can go to research, and even contribute to the knowledge that we want as a country. I, therefore, support the Motion. I thank Hon. K.J., for bringing this progressive Motion."
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