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"speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": "watering down our cultural beliefs and morals. Through the enactment of the Culture Bill 2024, Kenya shall be in a position to address those issues in a systematic and comprehensive way. Additionally, this Bill is also intended to facilitate the implementation of international conventions and treaties that have been ratified by Kenya, including the International Conventions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and National Heritage (1972), and the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me give you an overview of this Bill. This Bill as presented before this House, has 33 clauses, and seeks to give effect to Article 11(2)(a) of the Constitution, which mandates the State to promote all forms of national and cultural expressions through literature, arts, traditional celebrations, science, communication, information, mass media, publication, libraries, and also through cultural heritage. This also aligns very well with the current education system, commonly known as the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), which seeks to align students with their strengths. The system aims to use the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis which will give students a clear line of thought on what they would want to become in future. This particular Bill puts those particular elements of arts, traditional celebrations and science that involves our lives in place. Parts I to IV of the Bill specifically, deals with preliminary matters, which includes the interpretation of key terms, and the object and purpose of the Bill. It aligns itself to Article 11 of the Constitution. Clause 4 of the Bill sets out the guiding principles, which includes the national values and principles set out in Articles 10, 27, 201 and 232 of the Constitution, giving equal recognition, dignity and respect to all cultures, including cultures of minorities or marginalised people. Giving dignity to culture is very important. We must appreciate different cultures. We must appreciate that we come from different cultures and different beliefs. The Member of Parliament for Samburu is keenly looking at me because I am speaking to her heart. When you see people having their ears pierced, like what I see here with some Members, we should appreciate their culture and honour them as they are because that is what Parts I to IV of this Bill seeks to do. It is to appreciate one’s culture, history and the reasons to why some practices are done. Part 11 of this Bill, which is Clauses 5 to 19, establishes the management of culture in Kenya, which delineates the functions of both the national and county governments in clauses 5 and 6, respectively. Currently, by the mere fact that cultures have been left under the management of the county governments, there is really little that the National Government can do. This particular Bill, now, seeks to give distinct roles to both the National Government and the county governments as far as management of culture is concerned. If not keen, we are slowly losing our cultures because of several factors. Clause 7 provides for the establishment of a cultural database by the National Government and by the county governments, which shall preserve information on culture and cultural heritage. This part also provides for the access to information so that one can learn and see what…"
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