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    "id": 1520520,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "Finally, I want to say that I come from a community that is extremely rich in culture. The Tharaka community in Tharaka Nithi County. That is why all of us congregate at a place known as Ura Gate near the Meru National Park for the Annual Tharaka Nithi Cultural Festival. While we attract as many visitors as we can, it is very interesting that there are no regulations on what happens. All we do is bringing in Tharaka dancers and their friends from the rest of the county, Meru County and cultures that surround Ukambani. That is all. We need a law like this to tell us what to do, what not to do and how we are likely to benefit from such events every year. This is not just done by the Tharaka people, but I have seen it happening in Turkana, Maasai land and all over the country. Everybody comes up with an annual cultural event. Unfortunately, we have no law to guide that. Therefore, it becomes a free-for-all. As we look at this law, it is important we look at what regulations are likely to be made. Eventually, we will be back on track away from the mentality we used to have - that, everything African is repugnant to justice and morality. That must end now. We should start seeing ourselves as a cultured people with our own culture that we must protect. I know there are areas that we may not have been right. Some practices were not good to the rights of human beings and modern practices. Therefore, we have discarded them. We have a lot more to protect under this law, including areas and places we have termed as heritages of certain communities that must be protected. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. With those very many remarks, I beg to second this Bill."
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