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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me time to contribute to this wonderful Motion that has been brought to the Floor by my fellow Senator, Dr. Kuti. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we come from a community where cultural values are decaying and we need to do something about it, as leaders and parents. We all know that we have those cultural values that can be harmonized with the Christian way of life. This will promote and instill good values among our children. Regarding the proposal to have a resource centre at the constituency or county level, I think that it is our obligation as leaders and parents to make sure that we have a particular place where our children can go and learn good cultural values. As we are discussing this Motion, we are aware that there are so many parents, some of whom are of my age, who are not even conversant with our traditional proverbs or sayings that help in our daily lives. We should not leave our children to get used to cultures from Western countries. We should not forget that even people from those Western countries also have their own cultures. They will not leave their children to adopt cultures from other places, the way we are doing. So, it is paramount that we have resource centres, whether at the constituency or county level, where we shall have old people, the age of my grandfather, instilling those good cultural values in children. This is because if we bring up our children the way we are doing now, terrible things will happen in the community. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, today I read a story in the newspaper about a man who was caught having sex with a goat. What is the cause of this? In our culture, you cannot imagine a man marrying another man. Maybe this kind of behaviour is being influenced by Western cultures that our children have started adopting. It is time to create awareness and sensitize our community, that there is need to instill good cultural values in our children that can be harmonized with Christianity. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion and hope that it will be passed. Probably we need a reasonably sized resource centre, where we can store music and even organize social activities that can bring Africans together. I would urge my fellow Senators that there is need to do something about it. We should not sit while we watch things going the wrong way, especially among our children. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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