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    "id": 1520567,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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    "content": "Day. Even though we have the national celebrations for the Utamaduni Day, that celebration should be devolved to different communities so that during the national day, we know as Kenyans that all of us are celebrating our different cultures. I also like the fact that we will have cultural centres if the Bill is enacted to be an Act of Parliament. That will mean that, if one goes to Nyamira, Baringo, Kirinyaga and Samburu counties, there will be a place like a museum where they will see different artefacts. In Nyamira, we have a restaurant that the owner has set aside an area where customers can go in their traditional huts. While there, they can see how busaa is made, they can eat traditional ugali and traditional vegetables like chinsaga and managu, and also see the setup of the Gusii family where, for example, the elder son, the younger sons and a wife would stay in the homestead. However, having talked about the beauty of our culture, I want us to be very careful about the promotion of retrogressive culture. We need to check the Bill to confirm if it talks about retrogressive culture. If it does not categorically speak about retrogressive culture, then we can have it captured in the Bill. An example of a retrogressive culture for us is the female genital mutilation (FGM) practise. That is definitely not a culture that we would want to promote. So, we have to be very careful and ensure that cultures that are retrogressive are not encouraged. I want us to celebrate the Bill. I do not want it to be one of the Bills that will be assented to and put somewhere in a shelf. My wish is that – and I know that the majority party represented by Hon. Naomi is here listening – the day that the President will assent to this Bill, 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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