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    "id": 1087179,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1087179/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "walk in, you see the National Anthem of Kenya. That is the pride I have in the symbols of this country. It is an emotive issue and we must continue speaking about it. In divided country like this one, going into a divisive election and the sort of things that we say in public platforms, you want to look around and find something that will remind us whether we come from Samburu, Kwale, Machakos, Kisii and so on, we are all Kenyans. Allow me to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani for this very noble cause of making sure this is copyrighted. Can you imagine somebody patented the words ‘hakuna matata’? I was in shock. Since these young children were speaking about Pumbaa and Simba in the Lion King and saying ‘hakuna matata.’ Somebody patented those Swahili words. Nobody in this country has ever thought that we can patent anything that is Kenyan. They never requested us. Japan and China are making and have patented kiondos and yet they are originally ours. The idea of patenting, proposed by Sen. (Dr.) Zani---"
}