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    "id": 1516818,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1516818/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "First, I thank Hon. Haika for eulogising Mr Leonard Mambo Mbotela. On my behalf and the people of Emuhaya Constituency, I send my condolences to the family, relatives and the people of Leonard Mambo Mbotela. He was a great person in the media at his peak in the 1980s. Mr Leonard Mambo Mbotela was an icon in this country, and this Statement has come on time. He is remembered for ensuring that Kenyans knew the football results of matches because there were no televisions, and not everybody had a radio then. We would gather around a home where one person had a radio, and hear how football was going on. Some of the best names he mentioned in his football commentaries were 'controller' Murila, Bobby Ogolla, Sekatawa and Serewangi of Uganda; Peter Tino of Tanzania and other players who were celebrities during those days, including Zamoyoni Mogella. Secondly, we can never forget Leonard Mambo, because in 1982, when the coup occurred, we woke up in the morning, and this time, it was not about football. He had this to say, \"Serikali yetu iko mikononi mwa jeshi letu, na polisi wote wakae kama raia .\" That was the day we knew police could be ordered to be raia . We celebrate this icon. May God rest his soul in the best place. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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