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    "id": 600416,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/600416/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) F.I. Ali",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13152,
        "legal_name": "Fatuma Ibrahim Ali",
        "slug": "fatuma-ibrahim-ali"
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    "content": "continent and our country in terms of our traditional practices and knowledge on how to bring up a healthy baby. We do not appreciate such knowledge in our country and even in our homes. We buy commercial products instead of using traditional foods which are nutritious and healthy for bringing up babies. Many international communities feel that their traditional knowledge and practices are their banks and they invest in them. In this Bill, the role of communities’ traditional knowledge and cultural experts has not been supported. We need to strengthen this Bill by providing for recognition and appreciation of traditional knowledge and cultural experts. I am saying this with regard to women who are the custodians of traditional knowledge and cultural practices. We must recognise and specify in the Bill that traditional knowledge, cultural practices and expression experts should be recognised and included in any consent and knowledge. The Bill refers to informed consent of communities which is a global requirement for human rights. The Bill refers to that in several circumstances in seeking the participation and involvement of individuals and communities who are likely to be the custodians. We need to strengthen the sharing of social and economic benefits arising from traditional knowledge and cultural practices giving situations where communities feel that they cannot consent their disposition, use and application of traditional knowledge and cultural practices. If we allow the CS to have the veto power to repossess traditional knowledge and cultural practices, then communities or the country may be repossessed from very expensive traditional knowledge, cultural expressions and artifacts. It is known globally that Kenya, in particular has rich cultural practices that are economically viable and instrumental in providing or injecting economic growth. Our communities get peanuts from cultural artifacts or products. Sometimes they do not benefit from such products which are generated, promoted, preserved and maintained by them. We need to impose a high premium on preservation, promotion, protection and maintenance of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions. If people do not attach some significance to the element of protection and they are not facilitated to preserve these practices, we might be trending on a very dangerous ground. Many communities might be repossessed by the CS in terms of not utilising, advancing and investing in these practices. This is because some communities are challenged and cannot invest in these cultural practices."
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