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    "content": "I will propose that as this is done the governors and senators should have cultural days set aside annually in their counties and there should be competition between wards. If there are many wards then we can have a whole week for the event the way Kenyatta University does. During this event we can invite other communities from different counties to come and compete so that some values that are taught in different counties and which we think are beneficial can be copied. Today, young people walk with mobile phones in the streets and they get information and downloads from the internet. We as a nation need to come in strongly. We should start from the top where the President should give a decree about the values of the nation and this should be taken on board by other people. I want to thank my colleague for thinking about this. In West Pokot and other pastoral communities, we value animals, specifically the cow. Other communities may not value this animal. So, when I talk about it here, it is a cultural attachment that we need to invest in so that if we want to build a Kenya that believes in its culture, then we also need to invest in that animal that I talk about here. We need to teach our culture and also modernize it so that when I see animals from a different community I do not admire them. We can improve that culture for different purposes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, democracy in Africa should be guided and that is our nature as Africans. We should not wait for the British or the Americans to tell us about it. It is good to talk about it but why is it that the Chinese - and China is also coming up as a first world country - have not lost their culture? Even the Indians who are in Kenya have not lost their culture although Sen. G.G. Kariuki said that some of them have lost it. You will still find an Indian having a small god in the shop. So, every day before the shop is opened, something is done. This is culture. They have to pay allegiance to the symbol that is there. We are Christians and we are not supposed to worship things that do not exist but we worship God because of the traditions and the culture that we were born in. I want to support this Motion and to say that we should set aside money for county governments during the planning of the national Budget. This issue should be taken as a serious Government agenda. Cultural villages should be set up in each county. We have one in West Pokot, the Lumut Cultural Village. This village is promoted by international donors who visit to watch traditional dancers. They give some little money to the dancers after the performances. However, there is nothing we have invested in this area as the people of Kenya. We have Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi. Is it possible to have mini versions of the Bomas of Kenya in every county? I found some people there singing Pokot Songs but since they were not from my community, they were not doing it well. They were not singing the way they should. We can have these villages in every county just like we have sports being practiced in every county. I end here by saying that I support this Motion. If it is passed, the relevant Committee should follow up the Government Department concerned for implementation as soon as possible. In fact, it should be factored in the 2014/2015 Budget."
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