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    "id": 956254,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Yes, Hon. Speaker. I also come from a constituency where, luckily enough, my new Deputy County Commissioner (DCC), Mr. Talam, has put his foot down strongly on the issue of Disco Matanga . At the very beginning in our culture, we never used to have Disco Matangas . We used to have cultural practices that were done respectfully to honour the dead, especially the aged in the community. Luckily enough, it used to happen after the burial when we would hold a vigil for three days for a lady and four days for a man. What we have now is the cause of high cases of teenage pregnancies, school truancy and many other social ills. Just for comic relief, the other day a parent approached me. They, together with their son who is in Form Three had gone to a Disco Matanga. Thieves broke into their house and stole uniforms, schoolbooks and anything pertaining to education. It is a matter that we need to interrogate clearly as a community or a society to see its cultural value. If the cultural value has been eroded, I would rather support the ban on Disco Matangas ."
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