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    "id": 493342,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": "much as he was a Muslim, he was very flexible. We are told that he married a Christian. In the world right now, Christians are facing persecution. It is high time Muslims and Christians existed peacefully. We must tolerate each other and be flexible. When you go to other countries, Christians are being persecuted because of their faith. It is my humble request that tolerance must be there when it comes to religion. He was a patriot. You can imagine he had an opportunity to be an American, but he did not want to be a citizen of America. Many Members of Parliament who are here today, if they are given a chance to go to America, they will not want to come back. This is a man who had a chance and he said: “No, I have to go back to Kenya.” Indeed, he was a patriot. He loved this country. That is why he accepted to be buried in Mombasa. He was a humble man. When many people get positions, they want to acquire wealth. The element of corruption comes in. This is a true Kenyan who, indeed, entertained zero- tolerance to corruption. Many of us talk about zero-tolerance to corruption, but when it comes to practice, we do the opposite. You can imagine a whole Professor; an international scholar, being so humble. He was very simple. I have no doubt he was a caring loving husband and father. I am requesting that as Kenyans, we must borrow a leaf from what Professor Mazrui believed in. I know many of us are caring, but there are some attributes that we must learn from him, like humility, simplicity and zero-tolerance to corruption. Indeed, we are looking forward to having many Mazruis in this country. I am sure if we have one or two in every county, Kenya will be very far. I want to stop there, but I want to tell his family that he has gone; he has left his wives and children behind, but as a practising Christian; a practising Catholic, when you read the Bible, it says that the father and husband has gone, but we have a great Father in Heaven. We are calling upon the wives and the children to believe in God and everything is going to be is possible."
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