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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to eulogise one of our own, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whom I knew for a long time. I witnessed him write some of the books that my colleagues have mentioned. I also witnessed his journey as he was being persecuted. While he was in detention, I delivered to him a book written by the late Steve Biko. I was at the University of Nairobi (UoN), where we were told to remove all his books after his detention. I saw him off the first time he ran out of the country. He was a very good man to the rest of the world but it appeared as though there was a plan to ensure that Ngugi would never have peace in his own country. He was denied an opportunity to teach at the University of Nairobi. He was not allowed to go back to Kamirithu to continue with his theatre works. Above all, the regime that did not want him in Nairobi and Kenya continued to persecute his family to the extent that he had to part ways with them. As we now bid him farewell, my prayer is that his children will have peace and can come back to this country and contribute to its growth. The rest of us should ensure that Ngugi will not be forgotten for what he did for our country. May his soul rest in eternal peace."
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"content": "Hon. Julius Sunkuli. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Kilgoris, KANU",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, I wish to join everybody else in eulogising Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o. He was definitely a literary giant in the 1970s. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), an online newspaper in the United Kingdom (UK), said about him; that, when he was about 33 years old, he was accepted as one of Africa's outstanding contemporary writers. His best books were those that he wrote under the name of James Ngugi, including The River Between, A Grain of Wheat and Weep Not Child . That is why the 1970s will remember Ngugi. Unfortunately, something happened to him later on. Just when the world was embracing him, he seemed to have retreated. He first retreated from Christianity. He changed his name, James, returned his baptismal card and retreated from Christianity. He then retreated from the English language, which had made him a giant, and started writing in the Kikuyu language with only Kikuyu characters and culture. That is perhaps one of the reasons as to why those who went to school after the 1970s do not remember him as much as you and I do. He must have suffered a lot when he was detained by the late President Jomo Kenyatta. The late President Moi released him as soon as he became president, and he immigrated to the West. However, this does not take away the fact that he was a prolific writer, artist and novelist who we shall always remember. His name is in the history records."
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"content": "[The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair]"
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to eulogise the late Ngugi wa Thiong'o. I am a student of literature, and I have taught literature at different levels. I remember the late Ngugi wa Thiong'o as a pioneer of the African Writers Series, where many Africans got opportunity to not just write books but also to publish them in one of the biggest publishing houses. Secondly, I remember Ngugi wa Thiong'o for his book Decolonising the Mind, one of the greatest works of literature that he ever wrote. It is a series of papers that he put together. It is in Decolonising the Mind that we find Ngugi in his true sense. One of his greatest books that people never talk about is The Devil on the Cross . This was one of Ngugi's greatest books. It is in this book that he ran crosshairs with the late former President Daniel arap Moi. The Devil on the Cross is one of the greatest satires that Ngugi wa Thiong'o has ever written. It is a book that when you read, you get the revolutionary spirit in the writer. In this book, you see Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the person who fights for justice, who fights for land rights, and a writer who stood up for the common man in this country. Ngugi wa Thiong'o will go down in history as one of the liberators of Africa. That is why he could not I agree with many presidents and could not find space in Africa, hence he chose to live in the United States. We have lost a great man, a literary giant, somebody who was respected not just in the continent of Africa but also in Europe and beyond. I thank you and may God…"
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"content": "Hon. Irene Mayaka."
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"speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to pay tribute to a very distinguished son of Kenya. As it has been said, Ngugi wa Thiong'o was initially called James Thiong'o. He decided to change his name and drop the English name so that he pays tribute to being an African. One of the things that I remember about Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a famous quote from one of his books. He said: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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"content": "“To speak one’s language is to celebrate one's identity. But to impose a language is a way to divide people and it is a practice of tribalism of another kind.” Therefore, Ngugi wa Thiong'o was one of the very famous Kenyans who really spoke against tribalism. We also celebrate Ngugi wa Thiong'o because he is one of the most decorated writers in Africa in terms of receiving honours. He received a total of 38 documented awards, one of them being the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) award for Weep Not Child . Additionally, between 2006 and 2007, through The Wizard of Oz, which is one of his books, Ngugi wa Thiong'o received a total of six international awards. That was really something exceptional. The same way we normally benchmark with other people on the good practices and the good things that we do in Kenya, Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one of those people whom the rest of the world would want to emulate. To the people who are here and those listening to us who love soccer, a team like Arsenal should emulate Ngugi wa Thiong'o in terms of doing..."
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