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    "id": 696057,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/696057/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muia",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Regina Nthambi Muia",
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    "content": "no history or people there. Can we do what other countries do? We go to other countries to read history and learn about what we should do in our country. When we went to Israel, I remember were told they generate over US$10 billion from the area where Jesus was buried from tourists who go to read and see their history. In our country, you find an askari at the gate who tells you that you cannot enter yet we say the body of our founding father, who rescued this country from the white people, is lying there. One just goes through the fence, peeps and goes back. If you truly want to keep the history of this country, we must open the mausoleum to the public. If you go to primary schools and ask them how we got Independence, some of them will tell you it is from Uhuru Kenyatta because they do not know any other person. They think it was Uhuru Kenyatta who fought for Independence. Can we send them to learn history? Let them be taught what happened that Mzee Kenyatta was with others and what they did. They should be taught what he went through with the others. They only know Kenyatta. I feel very bad when I see the suffering and the sacrifices which were made by these people yet their families are suffering. We are not serious about heroes. We are not serious about our history. We need to keep good examples for our future generations, so that they do not just read history. We can make a lot of money. In Kenya, we only have national parks and the National Museum of Kenya but what is there is not something that attracts tourists. That is why most tourists go to other countries where they have a lot to see. We only have national parks and that is it. You may not even see the big five unless you go to national parks. So, if we want to keep our history and attract tourists to this country who can bring money into our economy, we must think about what to do. We should not just talk of heroes. Who are these heroes? What have they done? Who are they? Where are their families? How do you identify them?"
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