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    "id": 696034,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muhia)",
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        "legal_name": "Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support and acknowledge the effort of Hon. Muthomi Njuki in coming up with this Bill. We are aware that our education system has changed and History is now an optional subject. Students are no longer required to study History as a mandatory subject unlike what happened in the past. Most students end up at university without having any knowledge of our history. History is important. Looking at what is happening today even at the leadership arena, many people are taking the country for granted because of lack of information. The mausoleum should not only provide information about Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, but also information about former Presidents of the Republic of Kenya. The history of our forefather, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, will inform our students. Some people, especially from the civil society, try to divert the country’s attention to a certain direction without considering where the country has come from. It will be advantageous for people to take a minute and reflect to see where our country has come from. With that, I want us to consider what happens in other countries. For instance, in the USA, every former President leaves behind a museum in the constituency he comes from. I visited the Museum of J.F. Kennedy in Boston and it is a place of inspiration. I gauged and benchmarked why possibly students in the USA are inspired and informed. The museum has his pens, his wife’s wedding dress and the materials he wrote while he was in White House. What caught my eye and attention is the inspirational writings and quotes all over the walls, corridors and television screens. Students take hours there. I took more than six hours and I felt like staying there the whole day. The quotes are not only inspirational, but informative and educative. I would like to quote one of the quotes that:- “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen”. I saw young children reading and the teacher trying to explain the quote. Our forefather and former Presidents may have had such quotes for our country, but possibly, because of the politics of the day, our history is getting eroded. It can very easily be forgotten. As we legislate for Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s Mausoleum to be opened to the public, I would like to request Hon. Muthomi Njuki to bring an amendment during the Committee Stage of this Bill. I may help him to come up with an amendment to provide that every former President of Kenya should leave behind a museum which will give an idea of how he ruled this country. Tourism has gone down particularly when we are hit by terrorism. Museums are also centres of tourism especially domestic tourism. I would like Kenyans to visit museums in different parts of the country in future. I recommend that every president should leave behind a museum, so that we do not have to travel to Nairobi to learn about the presidents. Those within the surroundings of Nairobi can visit Nairobi, those within Nyeri can visit Mwai Kibaki’s 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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