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    "id": 515193,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me a chance to join my colleagues in appreciating Prof. Micere Mugo. When I joined the University of Nairobi in 1982, one of the first things I went through was a lecture at Taifa Hall . Thereafter, we assembled in the prep-court. Prof. Micere Mugo was one of the lecturers who welcomed us into the university and shortly after there was a coup and many of us were discontinued from the university. There is one thing that Micere Mugo said to Cable News Network (CNN) when she was asked where her home was. She said; “I am a child of the universe. I have lived in almost all the continents of the world.” What pushed her not to mention Kenya is unknown to colleagues in this House. In 1982, after the coup, the then dictatorial Government stripped Prof. Micere Mugo of her citizenship as a citizen of Kenya. She fled to Zimbabwe and could not travel to the USA. It is after living in Zimbabwe in 1984, that she was given Zimbabwean citizenship after which she could travel and pursue her academic excellence in the USA. As we speak now, Professor has lived in the USA as a Zimbabwean citizen. If she, indeed, comes back, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o, tell her that we will fight for her so that one day she will enjoy to hear that those who stripped her off her citizenship say the words “I am sorry.” Finally, because this is a matter of record, allow me to put on record some of the top achievements of Prof. Micere Mugo. Prof. Micere Mugo received the award of being one of the top 100 most influential women in the 20th Century in the Republic of Kenya. She also received the distinguished Africanist Scholar Award in 2007; The Courage Award; Girl Scout Council of the Central New York; she has received the award of the President of the United Women of Africa; the CNY, Women of Distinguished Award in 200; the Lifetime Community Service Award, Beyond Community recognition Award in 2004; the Human Rights Award that she got in 2004; and the----"
}