{"id":1623697,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1623697/?format=json","text_counter":191,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Ogola","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"One outstanding characteristic of Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is that he believed in what he wrote about. He believed in the contents of the teachings that readers would get from his books. Therefore, jailing did not even dampen his spirit."}