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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "for in Kenya. We want to see the Lamu doors which I see have been preserved and recognised here. Any wooden frames and doors that date beyond 1946 should also be identified as artefacts that need preservation. That artefact could even be like what you are seeing here in Senate. The art that has been used around the Senate building itself is not of today, it is of those years. We want to see these artefacts preserved so that when our children are born in another 50 or 60 years, this legislation will mean something to them and will not only be there to be viewed and give the history, it will also earn income for our nation. We had a heavy tussle with the Council of Governors (CoG) and governors on the issue of Own Source Revenue. This is one of the innovative ways that counties can earn revenue and attract tourism. When I went to Muranga County the other day, we had a very big kiondo event. The baskets are weaved by the older generation, the age of our mothers, who are bringing up a certain art which we do not have ourselves. We want to see the preservation of such. Those baskets being preserved within a museum so that even as that skill is evolving and changing, the museum can preserve them and show us what pots were being used in Kenya in 1900. Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometimes legislation can be done here and because it is being presented in very fine English, people may think it is something that is beyond our understanding. It is just a preservation of those items that were used in the kitchens from 1900 up to 2000. What is the development and how have they evolved? I am thinking of a small museum in Karen right now called Karen Blixen. Karen Blixen was one of those first British occupants in Kenya and who lived in Karen area. The whole of Karen is named after Karen Blixen. Therefore, if you tour the house where Karen Blixen lived, you will be shown the bed, the kitchen where Karen cooked and where she had dinner. It is just those artefacts put together. A curtain is raised and you are able to view how life was, how the outfits were and when they went for dinner, what did they wear. That is all that is preserved in that museum. Additionally, Karen Blixen will be able to raise some funds even as they retain that museum. I also remember one small museum I visited in UK. It is a museum of a Christian who lived in UK and who wrote this song called Amazing Grace. They have created a whole museum around that song. Out of that museum concept, they have also come up with very interesting paraphernalia and gifts that can be sold and that shows how the song Amazing Grace was composed, how it got into our Christian world and worship. I want to highly commend the Committee for coming up with such a legislation. I believe that our national heritage will be safer when we get hold of these artefacts. I have also noted, one of the items that has been recognised as requiring preservation, are those vessels which may have sunk or vessels that predate 1940s. If they are found anywhere by our shores or they are recovered anywhere, then they are supposed to be preserved for museum purposes, learning and also for ensuring that we can see how the technology of yester years has been developed up to now. If we implement the Heritage and Museums Bill well and it turns into law, then it will be a framework that will support research in the fields of ancient, historical, scientific, cultural, natural, technological, and human interests. lt will help Kenya to 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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