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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "content": "When the colonialists came to our country, they first of all despised the African religion. They called us primitive and, therefore, they called this country a colony. A colony is a place where you have people who are not civilized, who have no form of leadership and religion. They have nothing; they are just living next to the animal kingdom. This country has very rich cultures of languages and when somebody wants to colonize you mentally, they first start demonizing your language because cultures are expressed in our mother tongues. There are some expressions in Kikuyu, which Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o used when he was starting to write, which you cannot express in English. Even if you try to translate them in English, they will not have the same meaning. They will never have the same meaning. I know sentences in my Luo language which are so deep that someone cannot try to translate. I also cannot translate them into English. That means that someone makes you believe that their language is superior to yours; they are, first of all, colonizing you mentally already. They want you to believe that their culture is superior. Then they introduce religion and tell you that their religion is superior. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, they also want you to use their names. When you go to church, you are baptized Charles. You call yourself Charles. Charles is just an English name; it is not even anywhere in the Bible. Donald is just another English name and it is nowhere in the Bible. However, you feel that because it is a European name, it is most superior to your own name of Uhuru, Otieno or Ng’ong’a. There is me and Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. His name was Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Where is that Charles or William? It is not there. Even for me, I am Oburu Ng’ong’a Amolo Oburu Oginga. Those are my baptismal names because my father refused to be culturally colonized. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o said, “no, I am not going to use the names of the"
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