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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murgor",
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    "content": "(4) Provide for an appointment of county heritage inspectors in each county for the purpose of compliance with the Bill. (5) Provide for the establishment of national heritage centres in each county. (6) Provides for the maintenance of registers of all protected areas, ancient and historical monuments of national importance. (7) Provide for the enforcement of agreements for protection of monuments. (8) Establish a heritage tribunal to hear appeals and complains, resolve conflicts and address all issues relating to heritage and museums. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bill provides for all the re-establishment of national Museums of Kenya vested with the mandate of conserving cultural and natural heritage of national importance. The management of the National Museums of Kenya is vested in the Board of the National Museums. The Director General shall be responsible for the day-to-day management and general administration of the national museums of Kenya, subject to the Board’s direction. The Bill provides also for the functions of the county government pertaining to county museums. In relation to the museums, the Government will have the mandate of collection and documentation of exhibitions of materials and objects of historical and cultural heritage that are important to the respective county. The Bill empowers the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the matters relating to the national heritage, antiques, national monuments after consulting with the National Museums Board to declare and gazette places and objects of national importance. The Board is mandated to deliberate and pass resolutions on de-gazettement of places or objects of national heritage. The Bill further prescribes the general principles for the management of heritage resources nationally by registration. Under the Bill, an exploration license must be obtained before pursuing excavation or before each operation for buried monuments. The Bill prescribes the procedure of operation in the case of dispenses of rights of occupation of trust land or manages any such land of occupiers of claims. Under the Bill, the National Museums of Kenya must notify of the discovery made. The Bill also restricts the movement of objects of architectural or paleontological interest without authorization. It provides for protected areas and ways of compensating owners of land declared to be a protected area. The Cabinet Secretary is empowered to prohibit or restrict access to any development or use of a protected area for agricultural or livestock or activity that would damage monuments or objects of archaeological interest. The Bill provides for the acquisition, protection, maintenance, inspection, repair, acquisition, and guarantees of monuments. Under the Bill, antiques are considered property of the Government. Removal of antiques and protected objects from places where they are situated is prohibited. The Bill also prohibits the sale of antiques and protected objects. It provides conditions relating to the export of monuments, antiques, or protected objects. The Bill provides that monuments, antiques or protected objects shall not be removed from Kenya other than through the customs part of entry. It provides an The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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