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    "id": 512422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/512422/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2469,
        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I had the privilege to know Mama Grace Ogot and Kasanga Mulwa. Grace Ogot was a great fighter for freedom. I remember attending the United Nations (UN) General Assembly with her in 1997 in New York, at a time when Dr. Njoya had been badly beaten up at Uhuru Park while fighting for the second liberation. She stood firm at the General Assembly to condemn the act of beating up Njoya. As for hon. Justice Kasanga Mulwa, he was a great man. My last professional interaction with him was when he worked as the Chairman of Wiper Democratic Movement Appeals Board in the just concluded elections. Those of us who know, it was a very difficult time. I would say that I owe my seat to Justice Kasanga Mulwa because, although I had won the nomination with 12,000 votes, somebody with 3,000 votes had been given the certificate. Kasanga Mulwa threatened to resign if I did not get my certificate given that all the results showed that I had 11,000 votes and the person who had been given the certificate had 3,000. So, I partially owe my seat to Justice Kasanga Mulwa. I also happen to have known him at the time he was serving in the EACJ in Arusha. I was then working for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Arusha when he was sworn in. We have lost two great people. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}