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    "id": 1569152,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1569152/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng.) John Kiragu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to eulogise one of our own, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whom I knew for a long time. I witnessed him write some of the books that my colleagues have mentioned. I also witnessed his journey as he was being persecuted. While he was in detention, I delivered to him a book written by the late Steve Biko. I was at the University of Nairobi (UoN), where we were told to remove all his books after his detention. I saw him off the first time he ran out of the country. He was a very good man to the rest of the world but it appeared as though there was a plan to ensure that Ngugi would never have peace in his own country. He was denied an opportunity to teach at the University of Nairobi. He was not allowed to go back to Kamirithu to continue with his theatre works. Above all, the regime that did not want him in Nairobi and Kenya continued to persecute his family to the extent that he had to part ways with them. As we now bid him farewell, my prayer is that his children will have peace and can come back to this country and contribute to its growth. The rest of us should ensure that Ngugi will not be forgotten for what he did for our country. May his soul rest in eternal peace."
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