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    "id": 1527479,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "content": "It is upon us to say what is of importance to us and what we want to preserve. It should not be some cabinet secretary or CECM sitting somewhere given power by this Act to set up a committee to determine if something is of economic value or good heritage. No, it is upon us to do that. It is also important for us to continue educating our children. I like what this Bill seems to achieve apart from those areas that I pointed out. My grandfather taught me about my culture. That is why I am very proud of my culture. Today, because of our busy schedules, we do not find time to educate our children and tell them about the Luanda Magere or Mumbi or Olonana. We should educate our children. I was hoping that we will go in that direction. This should be a subject taught in early primary school, so that when children grow up, they can understand. Madam Temporary Speaker, TikTok has messed us up. Let us call a spade a spade. TikTok and the internet have messed us up. You find children insulting their elders. That is uncouth because it was unheard of. You will find a young boy telling “the bullfighter”; F--- Do whatever you want. It is because they do not understand the values that we have. These are the same values we were talking about the other day. The late Leonard Mambo Mbotela would use humour to remind us of the importance of our ethics and values. He used satire to make us remember. In this Bill which I fully support, it is important for local museums to have fully equipped educational sections. When we craft a legislation like this, let us also add an internship aspect, where local schools should provide internships for students doing history and culture to go there and learn. They should be the tour guides. If you go to a museum in London, you will be given a tour guide with a detailed perspective of that culture, the struggles, and things that those people have gone through. Everything we are doing today is going to determine what the future generation is going to take as valuable. If we do not pass this legislation and fund our museums, the future generation will be lost. They will be looking at the current generation that is using"
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