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    "id": 1569186,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to also eulogise Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o. I must confess that I have read his books. When reading his books, one imagines oneself in the situation because they carry you along. He is one of the greatest brains we have ever produced. This country has lost big. The younger generation that has not experienced the power of literature should read his books. When we were in school, we used to read books under the African Writers Series (AWS). Ngugi wa Thiong’o was one of the authors. Others were Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi and many others. We read all the books; they were readily available. We started reading books written by foreigners later on in life. I do not know if the AWS books still exist. They were the best. Ngugi wa Thiong’o was very creative. He showed Kenyans that it is good to preserve our cultures and languages. Some of our languages are now being diluted, others are even dying. Some of us are afraid to speak to our children in our own languages. We must preserve our African heritage, languages and cultures all the time, as we have learnt from Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Thank you."
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