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    "id": 1520586,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1520586/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": "ourselves, and even the way we interact with each other and socialise is because of the strong foundation that is based on our culture. Unfortunately, today we keep losing. Many people say culture is dynamic but we do not have to lose our good and beautiful culture. As I was growing up, one test that any young man or woman had to go through was that any time a visitor came to your home, you had to say your name, your father's name, your grandfather's name and continue up to the last generation. After that, you had to tell the visitor your clan and the age set of your parents and your own. By the time you finished that, you would have passed the exam. By the time you went through that interview, everybody knew that, yes, this child had been brought up in a good way or was being brought up in a good way. Those are the things we can no longer find today. When I went to Norway in 1997 to pursue my master's degree, the first thing I noticed was the presence of many Oromo speakers from our country. I had my first and second-born children with me, and we always spoke proudly about Kenya, speaking fluent English in everything that we did. However, within a few months, we realised that speaking our own language was the best thing we could have done for ourselves. Within three months, we brought our children back and started speaking our language, which added value to our lives. Whenever we interacted with other Africans, we spoke our language, and everyone celebrated with us. Since then, speaking our language at home has become our priority. Practising good cultural practices is another thing we have always done. The more we practise our good cultural practices, the more we will grow our country and keep our valuable heritage - something that people in the Western world today do not have. We have 42 different ethnic groups. In my own county, we have 14 different ethnic groups, each with its own unique and special cultural practices. The more we do this, the better it will be for us as a country."
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