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    "id": 1520636,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1520636/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cynthia Muge",
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    "content": "A peoples’ social behaviour emanates from their culture. We need to pay attention to that aspect because even if we focus on the hardware of culture but we do not have the software of it, then we have nothing at all. We should ensure that future generations can embrace our culture and enrich it. To ensure that we are not left behind, we must be progressive as much as we protect culture and support its remembrance. I appreciate the Bill because it has really attempted to sort out the hardware and protect some items. In Nandi County, you hear us asking for the head of Koitalel arap Samoei to be brought back home. Why? It is because he was a person who means a lot to the Nandi people. We appreciate the Bill because it criminalises anyone who holds any artefacts or items that are part of our culture. We should support the Bill to sort out that aspect and enable us recover items like the head of our hero, Koitalel arap Samoei. We can then tell and give evidence of our story of where we came from. Of course, we will enrich the Bill to speak to the issues we want it to speak to, as is the role of this House. All said and done, culture resides in the hearts and souls of the people. We should endeavour to cultivate it in the souls and hearts of every Kenyan and showcase it thereafter. We have a unique but collective culture. When we come together as Kenyans, we are proud of all the cultures that are presented or represented within the country. I support the Bill. When the time comes, we will introduce amendments to the Bill to cover some of the aspects we feel have been left out."
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