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"content": "perhaps got the services of experts to come up with a Bill that shall give effect to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution that has devolved museums to county governments and allowed the national Government to only deal with national museums. Some of the functions of county governments that have not been transferred for far too long, include national museums, libraries, archives and even roads. For roads, everyone knows what should be done. However, because of the control of money at the centre, we are yet to devolve or transfer the roads function fully to county governments. We had said previously that the national Government should be dealing with Classes A, B and C roads, whereas Classes D going downwards should go to county governments. The museum function has not received the attention and focus that the roads function has received. It has not received the attention and focus that the water or the land function has received. Museums sometimes document the civilisation of a society. Whenever you travel many a times, you find that nations have curated their natural heritage and history in museums. When you go to Egypt and land in Cairo, one of the main tourist attractions is the Egyptian Museum. I have had the opportunity to visit the Egyptian Museum. It tells you of the glory of the Egyptian civilization; a civilization that was perhaps greater than the Greek, Roman and Syrians. Sometimes, you will find that because history has been written in a skewed manner, if you do not visit some of these museums, like the Egyptian Museum, you will never be able to contextualise and understand the scale, size, complexity as well as the superiority of the ancient Egyptians. However, because they have curated all this, they have put it in a good museum, which attracts millions of visitors annually. Even the current and future generations will be able to tell or understand the story of the ancient Egyptians. When you go to Washington, D.C. along the National Mall, they probably have several museums. One of them that stands out is the Smithsonian Museum. If you go to London, they have the London Museum. If you go to the Vatican, they have the Vatican Museum. If you go to France, in Paris, there is the Louvre. When the Louvre caught fire, it was as if the heart and soul of France was burnt. When it was restored, President Macron invited other heads of state to witness the reopening of the Louvre. That tells you how significant and central museums are to civilizations or to telling the story of nations or societies. Madam Temporary Speaker, here in Kenya, we have the NMK and 22 other regional museums. Unfortunately, unless this is being taught in the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC), many typical Nairobians will not mention more than three museums across the country. The one we have at Museum Hill is quite legendary. Many children go there to see some of the remains that the likes of Richard Leakey and early anthropologists uncovered. If you go to Mombasa, Fort Jesus has also been designated as a national heritage. I was talking to Sen. Madzayo recently. He told me that he was quite upset that when he was there, people are still forced to pay entry fees. Over and above the entry fees, there is a usual e-Citizen convenience fee, which sometimes makes it a little bit expensive. 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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