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    "id": 600404,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1750,
        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "was expected of you. Currently, many of our young people are born and live without the knowledge of what is expected of them. Very basic things like sex education was part and parcel of what traditional African societies always insisted on. But today, our children are taught practical sex education by our neighbour’s children. This is unfortunate. It is a fact. Many of us shy away from these things because we cannot tell them this and that because those examples do not work for our children. This is something we all need to embrace. I have noted the issue of respect. We keep talking about respect in our education system. If you look at the children growing up today, they have no respect for authority, elders and other people’s property. These were things that were taught traditionally. They were taught by parents, aunties, neighbours and everyone within the community. But today, you cannot even discipline a child because there is a law that is against it. Those days, children belonged to the society or the community. A child who was doing wrong would be corrected by anybody within the region. Today, even in our school if a child is reprimanded, we go to the school and storm the head teacher’s or principal’s office and make a lot of noise as we talk about human rights. Unfortunately, we forget we are destroying the future of our children. So, it is important to understand that there are very many positives. Another issue has been on the social media platforms of WhatsApp and Twitter. I do not know if is true that some presidents said it or it was just manufactured in River Road but there is this thing of saying that Kenyans are natural thieves. You know if you go to the education system, they are stealing examinations even those of small children in primary school. Some teachers have been arrested for stealing the Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE). There are also issues to do with the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) which is still on-going. There are issues to do with corruption in the country and continuous blatant theft in all sectors of our society. These are things that had been addressed by our traditions. In fact, those days people respected themselves first and respected everybody else’s properties. In the Kamba community they had a solution for theft. There would be no theft if those traditional Kamba practices were still being practised. There was something they called “ Kamuti” . This pot was crushed on the floor and if you had dared take somebody’s property, it would either damage you or you return it. These are things that you need to know that where we come from, there are some solutions. The food, drinks and traditional medicines that were used from time immemorial were actually positive. Many speakers have said it. It is unfortunate that the current foods we are eating are not even good for us. Maybe it is also because of the lives we lead now. We sit too much and make very little movement. All the same the food is not good. The drinks are destroying our youth and some of the medicines we are taking are turning against us. I read in the newspaper today that many antibiotics are no longer working because people have developed immunity or some sort of resistance to them. Basically, we need to go back to our traditions for positive answers to some of our problems. Unfortunately, there are some negatives in our traditional cultural practices. One of them is FGM. That is something that we do not want to go back to. However, let us chose what to pick and what to ignore so that we can move forward with the positives and ignore the negatives. I am very happy with this Bill because it ropes in the counties to play a role in protecting these cultural traditions and practices. Clause 8(1) says that the county governments shall establish a register and collect information and expressions and document them for registration. 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."
}