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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kiptui",
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        "legal_name": "Grace Jemutai Kiptui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. Listening to my colleagues and having looked at the Bill, it is like going down memory lane because when you hear the passion with which people are debating this Bill, it tell us that we have really missed being ourselves. I know that when the colonialists came to our country, they began by telling us that our traditions, food, way of dressing, songs and everything were backward simply because they needed to generate a market for their goods. Thank God that we have a new Constitution that recognises our cultures and traditions. This Bill is very important and it will help reinforce and reinstate our culture and identity as Kenyans. If we implement it well, I am sure it will save us a lot. Looking at the Members seated in this House this morning, I can bet that this could be the remnants of the people who went fully through their cultural upbringing. I am one of them. If we look at issues like our cultural medicines, we will find that the trees that produce them are being destroyed left, right and centre by the young people because they do not understand what they 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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