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    "id": 1520615,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1520615/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "They were never allowed to eat chicken, eggs or some type of fish. That is why it is so difficult to contextualise culture. Hon. Adagala is already complaining. We had reasons for that. In my Samia culture, you could not walk on the same road as your mother-in-law. Either you or she had to go into the bush. Now that we have open roads and bushes have been cleared, how do you succeed? How do you ensure that you register and preserve such a culture? We must be dynamic. That is why focus should be on historical books and collecting our peoples’ artefacts. An adolescent girl in our culture could never share a toilet with her father. Never. How? Nowadays, we come to Nairobi and live in 10 by 10 feet rooms where there is only one toilet. We have lost our culture. That is why those small issues are emerging. There is also the issue of wife inheritance. Women’s rights groups sensationalised the issue and painted it in a bad light and yet, it was merely protecting the lineage and heritage of the family. You do not want strangers to come into the family and sow some strange seeds that 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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