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    "id": 531017,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. H.K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Thank you so much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. If Kiswahili was the major medium of instruction in this House, most of us would not be here. I have sat here listening to the contribution of Members. I realize that when you speak English, but without the Queen’s accent, people laugh at you. This is even common amongst our children. However, when you are not able to communicate in Kiswahili, it is prestigious. We have gone through school and we know that English is the medium of instruction. It is high time we experienced a change of attitude. What is in a language? It carries the culture and traditions of the people. It is the pride of people. No wonder literary giants like Ngugi wa Thiong’o have chosen to communicate in Gikuyu in spite of being schooled in English to a point of being a Professor.When I speak in Gikuyu, I feel it and walk in it because therein lies the tradition of the Agikuyu. When you talk in Dholuo language, you are able to walk with the pride of the Luo. When you talk in English, there lies the customs and traditions of English. There is diversity in language.We accept today that Kiswahili is the linkage of all the 42 tribes in this country. I support hon. Joyce Lay in her Motion. It is so fundamental. It should not be implemented tomorrow; it should have been implemented yesterday. I support it."
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