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    "id": 494708,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to pay tribute to a great leader of this country and a great leader from the coast. He was a role model, especially to the people from the coast. He transcended right from the region to the country and into the international realm. There is no Kenyan who does not know Prof. Mazrui. Everybody associates the name of Prof. Mazrui with the great work that he did. He was such a hard working person, full of humility and with a lot of energy and focus. He was never ashamed to speak about an issue just because nobody else was speaking about it for as long as he felt that, that issue was important. Indeed, as an academician, he is well renowned for the intellectual input in terms of publications and books. He had written a total of 30 books. That is no mean feat. Therefore, even in the sort of topics and issues that he dealt with, the forthrightness, he put into these issues shows the academic effort he put in to ensure that his thoughts and ideas were passed on. One of the key things that he always communicated was about the empowerment of the African continent. With everything that is associated with it, he still looked at the positive aspects of it and what good could come out of it. Indeed, in 1967, he wrote a book Towards a Pan African 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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