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    "content": "an Oscar award. In her own words, she said that it was a testimony that all the dreams that the children of this country have are valid, whatever it takes or whatever happens in your life. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to start by congratulating the parents of Ms. Lupita Nyong’o for doing something that many Kenyans do not do. We like to push our children to do the courses we imagine are the most important, the ones we believe bring money. I can imagine when this young lady went to her father or mother and said that she wants to be the best actor in the world. I think it takes an understanding parent to accept his child to be an actor. This is a professor of political science and economics who has to accept that his child is going to be actor. That is something that could not have been imagined at that particular time. Many parents would like to push their children to do medicine, law, engineering or to be what they wanted to be, but they never were. The decision to support Ms. Lupita in terms of doing arts, is something that we must congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, his wife and the entire family. I am really very proud that I shall go on record to be that Senator that served at the same time with the father of an Oscar Award winner. There shall be that relationship. If Sen (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o comes back here, you will see that more people want to take pictures with him because it is a representation of history that the family has produced someone of honour. Can you imagine that in 32 nominations, she has won 24 awards? She goes into history to be in the same league with Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, Monique, Octavia and Spencer as the few black women to win an Oscar award as the best supporting actress. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is something that is inspiring for young people in this country. Ms. Lupita Nyong’o is in my age bracket despite the fact that I look a bit older. She is 31 years old and I am just three years older than her. So, she could have been my playmate if I had been brought up somewhere around where she was brought up. Therefore, we must celebrate the great work that she has done; the commitment, the passion and the hard work. She was featured in the latest edition of Time Magazine . How many people want to be featured in the Times Magazine ? Even me, I would just want to be in the footnotes on Times Magazine and Ms. Lupita Nyong’o was heavily featured in that magazine. When I looked at what she had done, I was reminded of a quote from Martin Luther King Jnr. who once said that if a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets, even as Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep the streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth would pause to say: “Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” If Martin Luther King Jnr. was living today, he would have improved this quote by saying; if a woman is called upon to be a street sweeper, she should sweep the streets even as Michaelangelo painted, Beethoven compose music or Shakespeare wrote poetry or Lupita Nyong’o acted. Because she did this with commitment, precision, passion and hard work to ensure that she has achieved what she wanted to do in life. 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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