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    "id": 661056,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank the National Assembly and the Executive for bringing this Bill to this House. As I have always said, the constitutional Bills are Executive Bills, which must be passed by both Houses of Parliament. We all know that protecting intellectual property started during the industrialisation age. This was when communities and indigenous groups realised that technology was setting in and their property was being copied by others. For example, we, as country, lost our kikoi to the Japanese. Our country has a lot of traditional property that we must protect. We have many shrines and treasure our rituals, artifacts like gourds used by communities to ferment milk in the former Rift Valley region. We have beautiful cooking pots from Turkana County. In the western part of Kenya, we have traditional baskets weaved using reeds. It used to keep food warm for a long time. However, people have stopped using these traditional methods to preserve food in favour of the new technological ways. Among the Samburus, there were certain manyattas, which were dear to women during birth of a child. In other words, these were traditional maternity facilities that were well maintained and maternal deaths were minimal. However, as we talk about the protection of traditional knowledge, it is important to remember that the young people of this country are also coming up with digital 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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