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    "id": 421602,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Let me now continue from that point because it is generating a lot of heat but it is true that in Kenya, when you teach history, some people will believe in what you are teaching and others will not agree and will criticize. That is what we call dynamic teaching. That person teaching is called a dynamic teacher. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we have Congo which is now divided into various regions; there is Katanga which mines copper and there is Kivu which is known for coffee and other cash crops. We have some other fellows who stay in Kinshasa and they are famous for music. During those days, the then president would go to Kinshasa and ask them to sing. They would sing a lot more until they would earn money from it. That was there way of living. Then the president would go to Katanga and tell people to continue mining copper and he would take all the copper to Belgium. That also happened to the side of the Eastern DRC. So, those who were busy singing and drumming thought that they were the best in Congo, those who did not know anything like pygmies thought that they were the only people living in the deep forest of Congo. So, every group had its own role to play, and they complemented one another. By the time we came to 2010, there was a song for “Yes” and “No” where there was a serious campaign but later on we settled on Yes. That is what happened. Therefore, the Constitution brought something that was understood by everybody. Some people understood it the way the DRC understood; they can sing and drum and they all still lived in Congo. In Kenya, some people believed that their seniors understood and that was all. So, when the Constitution was to be implemented in 2010, there are so many problems because of misunderstanding. People do not understand exactly what the Constitution was all about. That is what I am trying to drive at. We used to learn a lot about the British Constitution. There was a subject taught called History and Government. We learnt about the roles of the Queen, the King, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. In Kenya, just after the Independence, we learnt a lot about the Government at that time. However, as we went on, we forgot about learning about the country. We stopped learning about our country and started learning about other countries like America and how it gained Independence in 1776. Of what use is it to us? We know that America got Independence on 4th July, 1776 and this was a Tuesday. Surely, must we go there to learn that? We should tune ourselves so that the Constitution is a teaching area. It must be taught from Class Four to whatever level. Children should be taught this and the teachers must have been taught in colleges. The colleges should be turned into teaching of the Constitution colleges so that as soon as teachers graduate from those colleges, they teach fellows who are in the villages. This is the only way we can approach this problem. If we The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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