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    "id": 1569158,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1569158/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to eulogise the late Ngugi wa Thiong'o. I am a student of literature, and I have taught literature at different levels. I remember the late Ngugi wa Thiong'o as a pioneer of the African Writers Series, where many Africans got opportunity to not just write books but also to publish them in one of the biggest publishing houses. Secondly, I remember Ngugi wa Thiong'o for his book Decolonising the Mind, one of the greatest works of literature that he ever wrote. It is a series of papers that he put together. It is in Decolonising the Mind that we find Ngugi in his true sense. One of his greatest books that people never talk about is The Devil on the Cross . This was one of Ngugi's greatest books. It is in this book that he ran crosshairs with the late former President Daniel arap Moi. The Devil on the Cross is one of the greatest satires that Ngugi wa Thiong'o has ever written. It is a book that when you read, you get the revolutionary spirit in the writer. In this book, you see Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the person who fights for justice, who fights for land rights, and a writer who stood up for the common man in this country. Ngugi wa Thiong'o will go down in history as one of the liberators of Africa. That is why he could not I agree with many presidents and could not find space in Africa, hence he chose to live in the United States. We have lost a great man, a literary giant, somebody who was respected not just in the continent of Africa but also in Europe and beyond. I thank you and may God…"
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