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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also support the Bill and it is well placed before the House. It puts meat on the bone of Article 11 of the Constitution. It speaks about protecting, promoting and defending our culture. However, it does not give us a structure regarding how to do that in a manner that will ensure all cultures in our country are protected. The fact that we have a variety of cultures as a nation is a good thing. We can showcase the different aspects of who we are as a people of Kenya. Just as a few Members have said, most of us are city-born children who did not have the opportunity to interact with our culture. We do not understand it. Unless one had parents like mine who made sure that I knew our traditional dances, liquor, and various other traditions of the Abagusii community, they cannot interact with their culture. This is a very good coincidence. I know you skipped the order on statements. My request for a statement alludes to the protection of cultural sites that the Abagusii, especially in Nyamira County, have. For example, we have a place in Manga Hills, a seemingly bottomless pit called Engoro ya Manga where it is said that when you drop something in that particular pit, it will go all the way up to Lake Victoria. That is one of the sites that our people behold. We have cultural stones there that look like people. We have cultural huts there where 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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