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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me an opportunity. I also want to salute the Deputy Speaker for his reaction. I watched him react with horror as the purported information flowed towards him. I salute Sen. Dullo for moving and bringing this Motion and Sen. Lesuuda for seconding and saying such kind and relevant words about a young Kenyan. This young girl has achieved for this country an unparalleled level of pride. It is true she is the first Black African to get an Oscar award. We have had a white lady from South Africa before and, of course, Omar Sharif, the Egyptian who won an Oscar. However, she has won an Oscar as a young African girl in her first bidding in acting. There are many people, black and white who waited for 30 years to be nominated for an Oscar. The great James Bonds like John Conrail was nominated for Oscars after acting for 25 years. Ms. Lupita has been nominated after her first major movie. We congratulate her and salute her. As we do so, we cannot forger her parents. Prof. Nyong’o was our teacher at the University of Nairobi. His wife Dorothy was my year mate at the University of Nairobi. I think they have brought up their children well. However, even without that – that is why I was horrified to see the distinguished Senator for Nairobi trivializing the issue - even if Ms. Lupita Nyong’o was a street girl and she went on to achieve what she has achieved, she has achieved it for Kenya. She has exploited her talent well. I want to salute many Kenyans who have made this country proud. At one point when I was the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I landed in New York and that afternoon, three Kenyans had won the Boston Marathon. Every television screen was screening them after every five minutes. When the Immigration officers saw my passport and got to know that I was a Kenyan, they saluted and said; “those guys are good.” I want to encourage the leadership of today not to neglect Ms. Lupita Nyong’o the way we neglected Wangari Maathai. Wangari Maathai rose to a point of prominence where one African President, the President of Congo asked me, why we were not utilizing the great lady. In fact, he appointed her as a goodwill Ambassador for Congo in conjunction with the President of Congo DRC, something that Kenya did not do for Wangari until she went to her grave with all her immense talent. We have had many goodwill ambassadors. I pride myself because Ms. Pamela Jelimo was the first Kenyan girl to win the Golden League Grand Prix and bagged a million dollars for herself. I called her and ignored all the rules and limitations of who should get a diplomatic passport. I gave Ms. Pamela Jelimo a diplomatic passport to go around the world to show the distinction she had achieved for this country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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