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    "content": "We should live on the tenets of democracy, fair play, justice and human rights. Most important – many people tend to underestimate – is the courage Prof. Mazrui had. He wrote countlessly on African dictatorships. Most recently, he had gotten quite actively in Islamic activism; talking about the Jews State and the humiliation of the Palestinian people. It is important in life when you see victimization anywhere, you talk with candor. You remember the wise words of Malcolm X; “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. Therefore we must broaden our discourse to be more global and that is why the Motion by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale about South Sudan is in place. Therefore, we should be a country and a people who can export values more than just some kind of reckless activism and diplomatic interactions that really bear Kenya no fruit or moral leadership across the world. If we need moral leadership, we must now be able to be in a position to export values. Let people know that it is best done in Kenya when it comes to governance and justice. We should speak against evil wherever it is because, for example, just because you are the Senator for Laikipia, it does not preclude the fact that you can talk about injustices anywhere. These injustices affect Muslims, Christians, your tribesmen and women, people of the African continent or otherwise. More importantly, Africa must open a new chapter and stop lamenting about what the “white” people did, but see what we can do as African people to ensure that we blockade our continent rightfully in its place of history. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the whole of Mombasa mourns this great professor. He has made us proud and as Sen. Billow said, many members of his family, including his father have left a legacy of intellectual dominance. Many Chief Kadhi have come from the Mazrui family. That does not mean that nobody else has that capacity. What it is, is that the family believed so much so in the intellectual quest. I think it is important for us to ensure that we nurture a very vibrant and educated population that will be the best tools of resistance and development for this country. I beg to support the Motion and on my behalf and on behalf of the people of Mombasa thank him profoundly for having deemed it appropriate to suspend the business of this House to discuss this great man and legend."
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