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    "id": 1537760,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to refer Sen. Kinyua to Clause 3(d) which seeks to ensure preservation of cultural heritage of the counties for future generations. Yesterday we debated about having our museums at that level at the same time. Museums will gather information that already exists. Therefore, it is important to have the interlock. I liked the way Sen. Korir brought in the same issue of preservation of culture, not only in terms of preservation of what is there. That is why I proposed that we should move from the aspect of “preserve” to “develop” because a library can do research and inquiries, something that museums do not. Museums show you what is there. What is it that they are going to show in a country whose culture was torn apart during the colonial days? Who is going to bring that information together? Libraries can do more work than museums. Museums have artefacts. However, we need to reconstruct some of our artefacts and cultures because they have been distorted. I am referring to Clause 3(d) which talks about preservation of cultural heritage. All I am requesting is to expand it. Who is going to help us have a dictionary? Will museums do that? The answer is no. Museums can only give us, for example, Kalenjin books of the past and not the present. This Bill is progressive because it seeks to find how to get some. Apart from preservation, let us also use the libraries to develop, gather information and rebuild our cultural heritage. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I support this Bill."
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