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    "id": 493344,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/493344/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. It gives great pleasure to get an opportunity to add my voice to the good words that have been said about the great Professor Ali Mazrui. I got to know him when I was a first year student at the University of Nairobi back in 1968. As you might recall, for those few who might recall, that was about the peak of the political debate and romanticism that had characterized the newly independent states. His voice was particularly loud because while he was in Uganda, he was in a place to engage all the way to the President in public debates as he did in Tanzania. In Kenya, the style was somewhat different and that was not going to be feasible. He was the kind of a person who seemed to speak his mind borne out of conviction and it was much easier to deal in Uganda than it was to deal in Kenya at the time. So, it was not a surprise that at the time he did not opt to come to Kenya. Professor Ali Mazrui has done a lot in creating intellectual space in leadership. Leadership is not something to be governed entirely by the instruments of state. Leadership is something to think about, reflect about and allow an open policy debate around those aspects of leadership that are crucial in getting a country to move forward. He excelled in that respect as a political scientist. He was concerned principally about contemporary issues. In many countries, discussing contemporary issues becomes a riskier business than discussing historical issues. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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