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    "id": 600331,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "On the issue of family, in our traditional beliefs, we know very well that it is between a man and a woman. We are having emerging trends from the West where you see some abnormal things happening. You get a man marrying a man and a woman marrying a woman, which is against Christian teachings. We know very well that in the traditional family way of life, everything is pro-life. So, if we have a Bill which will protect those traditional knowledge and beliefs, culture will help in upholding moral values. We will not have abortion and divorce, for instance, which are as a result of erosion of culture. In traditional days, we never had cases of divorce. If they were there, they were minimal. But currently, we see divorce is there. This is because of the erosion of traditional values. Indeed, it is important that this Bill is going to bring harmony once funding is in place, and if we have those traditional ways of doing things. When you go to the Maasai community, there is a way of transiting from childhood to adulthood. In the Kikuyu and Luhya communities, there is that transition. Right now, that transition is lacking. You find a child of 18 or 20 years still under the care of the father or mother. But in our traditional way of doing things, a child is up to a certain age. Once you go through the initiation, you transit from childhood to adulthood. So, when you go to adulthood, you are supposed to start taking good care of yourself and start looking for a house. Right now, because of the absence of that, you will find somebody who is 30, 40 or more years and he has not thought of marrying. We are missing out. Once this Bill comes into place, I know it will protect traditional knowledge and culture. We also have the council of elders; the Njuri Ncheke which is very strong. The Luhya community has the Luhya Council of Elders. When there are small disputes, those heads can sort out those issues. When it comes to the allocation of this money, you will find that some of the traditional healers and elders in our communities are languishing in poverty and disease. It is important that a good amount of money is allocated to take care of that. I am happy to learn that with regard to this matter, county governments are coming up with cultural weeks. I have seen the cultural weeks of the Maasai and Turkana communities. We The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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