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    "id": 494565,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/494565/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me, although I was not listed on the Order Paper – I am very grateful for this - to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, recognizing the role played by Prof. Ali Mazrui in the pre-and post-independence history of Africa; noting that Prof. Ali Mazrui, who was born in Mombasa, Kenya, rose to be one of the most respected scholars, political writers and thinkers who laboured to improve the African situation as a distinguished academic scholar on African and Islamic studies and in the process indelibly putting Kenya on the global scholarly map; recognizing that due to his exemplary credentials and attributes, he was honoured with numerous national and international leadership positions and awards; regretting that Prof. Ali Mazrui passed away on 13th October, 2014 in the United States of America; the Senate joins the family, friends, the people of Kenya and the international community in eulogizing and paying tribute to the academic icon, nationalist and Pan-Africanist, who has left a remarkable and lasting legacy in the world."
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