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    "id": 494705,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me also take the opportunity to condole this great scholar of this country who has since rested. I join the rest of my colleagues who have expressed very wonderful words about this scholar who is a native of our country. I had the opportunity to see Prof. Mazrui only one afternoon for about five minutes at the University of Nairobi in 1973. This, in fact, was the afternoon that he had his last activity in that university. That time there was a lot of academic freedom in the University of Nairobi. We valued individuals like Prof. Mazrui who made us exercise our minds. One of the ways he got the students to exercise their minds was the questions he posed to them. I think it is one of the questions that he posed to them that sent him into exile. He posed a question which depicted Jomo Kenyatta as the last colonial Governor of Kenya. I think for those who were there at that time, that period of time it was very offensive for those who were outside the university, but for us who were in the university, this was a very good topic to exercise our minds. It was an opportunity to express ourselves without The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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