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    "id": 1521265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "making it possible for us to follow what is happening in the House even when we are out of the Chamber and on the roads. I must express my gratitude to the many Members who contributed to this Bill. I appreciate the central role that culture plays in an African society like ours. Even with the emerging trends and transformative things happening within the technology space, many Kenyans, and indeed many Members who represent them, still appreciate the central role that culture plays in the lives of our people and seek to preserve it. I thank the Ministry and the State Department for Culture and Heritage for drafting this Bill, seeking to, among other things, ensure that we register issues that touch on culture and alienate the roles of the two levels of Government: the National Government and the county governments. More importantly, the Bill provides for the management of culture in Kenya. As I said, it alienates the functions of the two levels of Government: National Government and county governments. It also provides for the recognition and promotion of cultural expressions and indigenous technologies by public entities – which did not happen in the past. It also protects our cultural heritage, expressions and endangered communities and cultures. I was particularly interested in seeing how the Maa Members of Parliament or those Members of Parliament who represent the Maa communities would contribute to this debate. I am glad because a number of them contributed. The Maa culture has been abused over the years. I can see Hon. Lenguris because I know she is very passionate about protecting the Samburu cultural practices. It is not only the Maa community where you find Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah dressed in a Moran Shuka, donning the Moran's hair and pretending to jump like a Moran. Many people often make money out of other people's cultural practices."
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