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    "id": 953812,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "particular global order in the United States of America, South Africa and Europe. You find governments legalizing things that we find to be taboo in this part of the world. Our children and the younger generation, who sometimes there is a huge disconnect between the leaders and them, are watching YouTube, Netflix and all other syndicated channels. They watched Emmy Awards just the other day, where someone was awarded, went on stage and was proudly gay. He was the first person of that particular persuasion to get that high level of honours. It is now becoming normal. We can only influence and educate our children by referring them to the manner in which we lived. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the first County Hall of Fame in Homa Bay County must be a repository of the Abasuba culture. The Abasuba in Homa Bay are under attack. Even in the latest census, people were being discouraged from associating or identifying themselves as Abasuba. These are tough men and women who braved the lake, ran away from the regicides in the Buganda Kingdom, left Busoga, Tanganyika and crossed the lake. They did some serious innovations when it comes to lake transport. They had serious resilience when it comes to survival in the lake. The lake is one place that is wild and yet, you will not find trees or anything there. If you are able to take a trip on the lake and last for 48 hours day and night, you will see forests, animals and things that you would not imagine existed in the lake. I think there are some spirits in there that the Abasuba had to brave to cross over to Kenya and settle where they did. Now, there is a push saying that there is no Abasuba; we are all Luo. The reality is that the dominant language and culture now is Luo, but you cannot deny the Abasuba their right to identify with their cultural origin. Therefore, we hope that Abasuba boat making, fish capturing technologies; transport and welfare will find their way in that Homa Bay County Hall of Fame. Cotton growing was first introduced by Pastor Caskalene, a pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Even though today I put on a fairly smart suit, the Luos never put on clothes. They used to put on something around the waist just to cover the vitals. It took Pastor Caskalene to introduce cotton and almost 13 years to convince the Luo community to put on cotton made clothes. So, we were not born with this sartorial elegance that we have; it is just about 100 years old. Children do not know how an original cotton plant looks like. These are things that should find their way there. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those many ideas and remarks, I support this Bill."
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