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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilgoris, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Sunkuli",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support mainly because the Whip of the Majority Party has begged us to support. He mentioned that there is a broad-based government. I want to repeat that I support. In reality, this should be called the Cultural Artefacts Bill. This is because it is protecting the use of cultural artefacts. There are offences given for those who will try to destroy cultural artefacts and things that fall within the tangible aspects of culture. I appreciate the Mover of the Bill for saying that we need to protect cultural artefacts, although culture is wider than artefacts. I know there is a big guitar called the obokano which is played where Hon. Osoro comes from. Unfortunately, he is not listening because somebody is consulting him. We need to protect the obokano or the kiondo from Central Kenya so that nobody says they are their cultural artefacts. Even the things in Maasai land. Nowadays, we are happy that everybody wants to wear a Maasai shuka . We need a law to address benefits for those who have contributed to the culture of Kenya. We should also try to prevent counterfeits of those things. One day, I went to a Chinese market at a place called Ap Liu and saw counterfeit Maasai beads there. We need a law to protect things made in Kenya. This Bill needs much work because it is not just about artefacts. The first thing we need to do is to address the real issue. I do not understand why the Bill has created an offence called ‘doing research without permission.’ I do not know where the author of that offence comes from. This is because research promotes culture. Nobody 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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