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    "id": 667966,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2572,
        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "but, apparently, all public grounds in Kenya have been grabbed by people. We have a similar case in Meru where land was grabbed but the public got it back. We want Kamukunji grounds to be protected by an Act of Parliament. We should also fence it. I appreciate pupils from my constituency who have come here to see what happens in Parliament. They are visiting many other places. If Kamukunji was a preserved site because of the pre-independence and post-independence freedom fighters who were there, they could have gone there for a visit; schools could go and learn more about the Independence of this country. Instead of it just being protected as a national monument, we want it to go further. We want a museum within the grounds which will enlighten our people who go there about the freedom fighters and how we got our Independence. It is very important to know where we have come from and where we are going. At the moment there is political turmoil. We always have teargas and people being clobbered in the streets. At least, it has stopped for now. We need to know where we have come from and where we are going. We do not want those things to tear our country apart. We need to go in the right trajectory. Economically, we need to move forward in this country. I believe our forefathers who fought for freedom and Independence had a vision for this country and that vision was not to go into turmoil and not to go as the other undemocratic states have gone. Those states have fights every day. Kamukunji Grounds should be protected. If possible, instead of the national days being celebrated at Uhuru Park or Nyayo Stadium, they should be held at Kamukunji Grounds. That way, we will give it prominence and we will protect it as well. We would like to see all the grounds in the country which need protection being protected. The protection should not just be for Kamukunji. These grounds can be gazetted as national monuments so that grabbers do not come and grab the historic grounds. There are many other grounds in other towns of the country and not just Nairobi. We have them in Meru, Nyeri and Mombasa. We need all our public land to be protected. This is the only way to stop the grabbers. There should be a policy in place on the protection of our public utilities together with our grounds. The other thing is that the National Museum could come up with a way of putting statues of Independence heroes so that even small children who were born 10 or 20 years ago can look at them. We can copy what is in the United States of America. We can have statues of prominent personalities who fought for Independence. With those few remarks, I support Hon. Hassan and I welcome the school again and wish them a good stay in Nairobi. Thank you."
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