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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this timely Bill, the Heritage and Museums Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2023). As I support this Bill, I want to note one thing. It is about time that we all appreciate our diversity, respect each culture and not subject any culture to second grading. One of the most offensive things in this Bill is that, the Committee decided that counties will only grade the artefacts that they find in that county as grade two, yet the umbrella body with the Director General will be given the opportunity to grade one, two, three, and four. I would like to persuade the Committee on Labour and Social Protection, led by my good friend Sen. Murgor, to do away with the grading aspect of it completely. If you read Clause 4 of that Bill, it states that- “The National Museum of Kenya shall, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary and the County Executive Committee member in each county prescribe a system of grading of places and objects which form part of the national heritage and shall distinguish between - (a) Grade I category consisting of heritage resources with qualities so exceptional that they are of special national significance; (b) Grade II consisting of heritage resources considered to have special qualities which make them significant within the context of a county or a region; and (c) Such other grade assessment criteria as the National Museum of Kenya shall consider appropriate.” I want to persuade the distinguished Senator to do away with that aspect. Since, who gives you the audacity to come and say that what I consider to be valuable in the Maasai community is now going to be subjected into a second class by a Cabinet Secretary and an executive committee member of a county government who does not even understand that heritage?"
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