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    "id": 1521582,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 194,
        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to give a word on the demise of my friend, Leonard Mambo Mbotela. This great man of Kenya came from a very, very humble background of those slaves who were freed and brought to Kenya to some place called Frere Town. One of his uncles was a councillor here in Nairobi and there is an estate here in Nairobi called Mbotela. This man started also from very junior ranks in the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) which we used to call Voice of Kenya (VoK). He grew up through the ranks to become so famous that everybody in Kenya knew who Leonard Mbotela was. I was in Mombasa where I used to work. One day in 1982, when there was a coup in this country, a sister-in-law of mine woke me up at six o'clock and told me, “Oburu, have you heard that there is a change of Government? Switch on your radio and you will hear what is happening. I heard the voice of Mr. Leonard Mambo Mbotela and I thought this thing was complete. If Leonard Mambo Mbotela can announce this event and say, “polisi wakaekama raia, polisi wakae kama raia.” Immediately, I came out of my house, which was in the centre of town. I saw Makupa Police Station, all the policemen were walking there in civilian clothes as Mbotela had announced. However, things started changing by noon. People thought he was involved in the coup. He was involved in that coup. However, he was hijacked by those people who were involed in coup and forced to make those announcements; which he did. So, I think this needs to be clear, that Leonard Mambo Mbotela was not part of the coup, but he made that great announcement."
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