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"content": "Ahsate, Bw. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa fursa hii ili nichangie hii Hoja ya kumkumbuka mwendazake Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Alikuwa ni gwiji wa sanaa ya uandishi. Ameandika vitabu karibu 200. Ameandika pia michezo mingi ya kuigiza. Ameweka Kenya na Afrika katika upeo wa juu kwenye masuala ya sanaa. Maisha yake yalianza katika hali ya chini lakini alitumia kipaji chake na masomo kujiweka katika hali ya juu katika masuala ya usanii na akatambulika ulimwengu mzima The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "kama gwiji wa sanaa. Alipigania uhuru wa nchi yetu na pia alipigana ili lugha za kiafrika ziwekwe katika map ya ulimwengu. Alitaka hizi lugha ziwe zinaweza kutumika kama lugha zingine ulimwenguni. Mtu mweupe alipokuja Afrika, alidunisha na kudharau lugha za kienyeji. Lugha nyingi hazikuwa zikitumika. Hiyo ndio sababu sisi tunatumia Kiingereza kama lugha ya kwanza ilhali tuko na lugha zetu ambazo tunaweza kutumia. Mfano mzuri ni lugha ya Kiswahili ambayo imepata matumizi makubwa katika Afrika Mashariki na Afrika ya Kati. Wakati huu, lugha hii inatumika hata kule Afrika Kusini. Lugha ya Kiswahili inatumika na inatambulika hata katika Bunge ya Afrika. Msukumo wa mwendazake Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ulileta kutambulika kwa lugha za Kiafrika. Hiyo ilichangia katika kuunganisha Afrika. Moja ya silaha ambayo ilitumika kuunganisha Waafrika wakati wa ukoloni ilikuwa Lugha ya Kiswahili. Kwa hivyo, mchango wake ni mkubwa. Baada ya uhuru, aliona ya kwamba majina tu ndio ilibadilika na mwafrika hakupata uhuru kamili. Hii ndio sababu yake ya kukosoa muongozo ama mwelekeo ambao nchi ilikuwa inatumia ili kuendesha masuala yake. Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o alijipata pabaya kwa sababu wale ambao walikuwa mamlakani wakati ule hawakukubali fikira ambayo alikuwa nayo. Licha ya kwenda uhamisho, vitabu vyake viliendelea kusomwa. Hiyo imesaidia pakubwa kuleta mwamko wa masuala ya kiutamaduni, serikali na masomo. Hii ni kwa sababu vijana wengi wamesoma na kufuata mwelekeo wake. Juzi, wasichana walizuiliwa kuonyesha mchezo wao katika maonyesho ya sanaa ya nchi yetu. Ilikuwa ni aibu kwamba tulizuia wale wasichana ilhali hao wasichana walikuwa wakifanya vizuri kila mwaka katika masuala ya sanaa. Lazima tujiangalie upya kama taifa la Kenya. Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o amekufa ugenini kwa sababu nchi yake haikumkubali kwa sababu ya mawazo yake. Kuna watu wengi ambao wako nje. Jana, tulikuwa tukimzunguzia msichana aitwaye Rose. Huyo msichana alipelekwa mahakamani kwa sababu ya kutenabaisha watu kuhusiana na Mswada wa Fedha ambao unakuja katika Bunge la Kitaifa katika wiki inayofuata. Nchi yetu bado ina safari kubwa ya kwenda ili tuone ya kwamba ule uhuru tuliopigania unakuwa wa manufaa na kila mtu nchini ako huru kufanya vile ambavyo sheria inampasa kufanya. Ninachukua fursa hii kutuma rambirambi zangu binafsi, za familia yangu na za watu wa Mombasa kwa familia ya mwendazake Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o kwa kumpoteza mpendwa wao ambaye alikuwa kiungo kikubwa katika nchi yetu kwa masuala ya sanaa. Tunaomba roho yake ilale mahali pema peponi. Sisi ambao tumebaki katika huu ulimwengu, ni vizuri tuendeleze mafunzo na fasihi ambayo ameacha katika nchi yetu. Tunaomba roho yake ilale mahali mema peponi."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
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"content": " I call upon the Mover to reply."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to reply. I also want to thank my colleagues who contributed to this Motion. I will start with the Seconder of the Motion, Sen. Tobiko. I also want to thank The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Sen. Wambua, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Oginga, Sen. Ogola, Sen. Faki and not forgetting the co- sponsor of this Motion, Sen. Veronica Maina. I thank those who made their contribution. The running theme in the contribution of the Hon. Senators was the emphasis on the question of the use of language, particularly our indigenous languages. It is unfortunate that Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's fight continues to be a struggle even today in our various families. The Europeans and the white men continue to affect our children. They go to school, learn the language and obtain knowledge in mathematics, physics and history, using the white man's language. They then come home and greet us in the white man's language. They make jokes in the white man's language and watch movies in the white man's language."
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"content": "The kind of speech and culture that our children have adopted is no different from a child who has been raised up in Leicester or somewhere in New York. Our children watch a lot of television and this has continued to make the struggle that Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o started. The language they use reflects the cultural values of those people. The cultural values of a lot of our European brothers are not reflective of the cultural values of the African people as we had envisaged them through the mind of Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. As we pay our homage, this Senate urges the rest of the country that we must continue to inculcate our children and our generations, with the cultures of our people. We must continue to take the good things about our cultures and keep talking to our children about them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Pokomo culture, for example, you would not answer back to your elder brother, leave alone your mother or father. In my culture, you would not call your elder a liar. He could only have forgotten the facts. You cannot finish eating on the table and leave your elder brother eating, leave alone your father, because it is inferring that he is greedy. You cannot greet your mother-in-law with your hands. You have to look far away. If she is coming this way, you go far away. You cannot meet them face to face. We, therefore, had a lot of problems when we shifted to Nairobi and our mothers-in-law would come to visit. It would be very complicated because you are not supposed to be under the same roof with your mother-in-law. Sometimes when we tell some of our colleagues that it is wrong, for example, to call leaders, the President and Ministers liars, that, it is against what we have been brought up to say, some people do not understand us. However, I know the spirit of Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o would understand when you say I cannot, for example, in my culture, mention the name of my elder brother. I cannot call him by his name. I have to add a title. So, in my language, if I want to call my elder brother Professor Eric Mungatana, I have to say “Tata” Eric. You cannot mention his name without adding a title. These things that held our families and communities together, and made us be respected amongst our people, are gone nowadays. People who are the age of your fathers, who are all your fathers, they could discipline you. You were subject to that control. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I strongly believe that this Senate will continue to make that call, that our people will continue to honour our cultures like they did, like Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o would have wanted. For us to honour him, let us sit down The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "with our children and young ones, and tell them that even if they watch television, they should remember where they came from. They should remember that there is circumcision and when you are circumcised, this is how you behave. They should remember the good things about our tribes. They should remember about the brave people of old who helped to keep our communities as they are and the folklores that we had. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finish, I urge the correct institutions, perhaps those institutions where Professor served, that, we need to have some of the books and works in a digital format, so that, they will never be forgotten and they can form part of our history. When you visit some of these museums here in Nairobi, they tell you about certain things, but these people of stature like Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o should be celebrated in some of these important museums. They should be recorded as people who have made their contribution to this nation. They should be honoured even posthumously. I call upon the Government of Kenya to honour people like Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and others, even posthumously because they are deserving of national, East African and African recognition, for what they contributed in this life when they lived it. May God rest his soul in eternal peace. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply and pray that the putting of the Question be deferred to another date. Thank you."
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"content": " Thank you, Sen. Mungatana. The putting of the Question is deferred."
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"content": "(Putting of the Question on the Motion deferred)"
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"content": "Next Order."
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