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    "content": "injustices of our continent. He has gone to his maker a distinguished man and I hope that his work, legacy and respect will live on. I remember when I was growing up, due to my tremendous admiration of Prof. Ali Mazrui, I nicknamed my own kid brother, who is a Member of Parliament for Westlands, hon.Tim Wanyonyi Wetangula, Ali Mazrui. In our family, we still call him Ali Mazrui in honour of this great man. This Senate enjoins the family, the people of Kenya, particularly the residents of Mombasa County where he was born, grew up and outgrew Mombasa but remained rooted in Mombasa. We join them in passing our condolences as a Senate. We eulogize him as a great man, a great scholar and distinguished citizen of the world. We hope that Kenya will produce many more like Mazrui. Remember that Mazrui is a lesson in history that a setback in early stages in school should never stop you from achieving your goals and dreams. Prof. Mazrui did not get a Division I or II at Form Four. However, he rose to speak for the world to the extent that one time, I met a colleague from the United Kingdom (UK), a former foreign minister, who told me: “I have listened to a Kenyan man called Mazrui. He speaks better English than we the English.” That is the man we are talking about. When he stood up to speak, even if you did not like what he was saying, you could not fail to admire how he was saying it. This is the art of intellectualism. That is why we lawyers say, you must be heard and I will also hear you even if I do not like what you are saying. Ali Mazrui is a son of this country that we are all proud of, and we must eulogize, remember, respect and urge the upcoming intellectuals not just to be men of letters but to write distinguishable, acknowledgeable and respectable materials that help the generations to come. A hundred years down the line, we shall read Mazrui the way we are reading Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chinua Achebe and everybody else who has distinguished themselves that way. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, you remember the famous book by Mazrui, The Trial of"
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