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    "id": 849421,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/849421/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Unfortunately, due to lack of proper guidance and laws like the one we are discussing this afternoon, many content creators, to date remain uncelebrated. They do not get their place of pride because of the great works they did – one, nobody documented them. Two, we did not have the requisite legislation to enable us preserve these works and give credit to the people who produced them. It is really unfortunate. It speaks even to the history of man. When you read about the different forms of art, chances are that you will read about the Greek creators. When you go through painters, you will read about the works of different celebrated painters of years gone by. The same passes for music, but one striking thing that will shock you is that, we as Africans, do not feature anywhere in that history. Are we, as Africans, saying that our forefathers did not have the cognitive ability to create and generate any form of art? The answer is no, they did it! They produced great music. They curved out great sculptures. They wrote using different forms of writing that were available to them at that particular time, but, because our society had not matured to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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