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    "id": 493338,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/493338/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to pay tribute to Prof. Ali Mazrui and to pass a word of condolence to the family that he has left behind. Prof. Mazrui is a good example of what the scholars in the world have been able to do. I think from what we have read and what we have seen, it is something that as a country or a Government, we must learn to do so that we can harness the kind of qualities that were in Prof. Mazrui. In 2003, this country through President Mwai Kibaki realized that Prof. Ali Mazrui had an important role to play in this country. President Kibaki appointed Prof. Ali Mazrui the Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. He played an immense role in the university. It is from that time that the university was able to expand drastically up to the level that it has reached. Again, it is the quality of person, character and personality that earned the University the much reputation that it has today. We have allowed mediocrity in our universities. In fact, if you go to a place like the University of Nairobi, the people who study locally do not find opportunity to teach there. Universities employ people who went to study outside the country and who may not be qualified to teach higher education. So, there is need for tolerance on our part. There is need for us to recognize those who have been able to perform so that we do not encourage mediocrity. With those few remarks. I pay my tribute."
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