State department for Culture and Heritage Principal Secretary Ummi Bashir has launched the indigenous knowledge documentation and digitization agenda in Tharaka Nithi County to promote and preserve culture.

The county stands among the fifth in the first phase of the process to digitize culture with its prioritized indigenous culture, sites, shrines, traditional medicine and cultural attire.

Speaking at the Governor’s office in Chuka, the PS said that the project is the government’s agenda to implement the Kenyan protection of traditional knowledge and culture expression act of 2016.

She explained that its main focus is to document and digitize indigenous knowledge and cultural expression of all communities in Kenya.

‘It’s time to document our culture for the benefit of future generations,’ said Bashir and emphasized that it was time for Kenyans to write their own story.

On his part, the Governor Muthomi Njuki lauded the state for the agenda to document and digitalize indigenous knowledge in the country.

He assured that the council of elders and all the stakeholders of culture will work hand in hand to ensure the culture and customs are kept. ‘Tharaka-Nithi cumulative culture distinguishes who we are and distinguishes us from others through ethnicity,’ he said.

Source: Kenya News Agency