{"id":390815,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/390815/?format=json","text_counter":297,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":193,"legal_name":"Peter Anyang' Nyong'o","slug":"peter-nyongo"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, I just want to quote from a poem that Prof. Awonoor wrote which is very reminiscent of what has happened. In fact, I would like to appeal to the Kenyan nation that this incidence should be immortalized by erecting a memorial somewhere opposite Westgate. There is a park there that can be used for the wreath. So all images we are seeing should be kept there so that we can remember this dastardly act. More importantly, I appeal that the poem by Kofi Awoonor, The Cathedral, be inscribed in that bowl. This poem was very prophetic. It says: On this dirty patch a tree once stood shedding incense on the infant corn: Its boughs stretched across a heaven The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}