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    "id": 1143524,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1143524/?format=api",
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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": "History is important. You cannot disregard it. Those who go around pontificating or telling us that history does not matter are self-serving. They do not mean what they say. If you have no history, you can never have a future. If you do not remember the present, you cannot have a future. The present will be history tomorrow. Therefore, it is important for all of us to document what happens in this country, and to continuously remind our children and grandchildren where this country has come from. The western world takes so much pride in the history of their countries. If you talk to any American, he will talk about civil war and the end of slavery. If you go to the United Kingdom, they will talk about the Roman Empire. It beats logic for us, as leaders, to say that history does not matter. If history does not matter, in their wisdom, the Judiciary and other institutions would not be keeping history. For example, if you ask Christians, they will tell you when the first church was established. They will do it with a lot of pride. If you listen to Muslims, they will tell you their history. If you go to any fabled families, they will tell you their history. That is why I urge all Members at our individual capacities or level, and at the family level, to document our roots so that we pass over that history to our children so that they may know exactly what happened and what laid the foundation for them."
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