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    "id": 611033,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/611033/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Injendi",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2214,
        "legal_name": "Moses Malulu Injendi",
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    "content": "THAT, aware that the late His Excellency Jomo Kenyatta was the founding President of the Republic of Kenya and as such is an important historical figure; also aware that upon his death he was interred in a stone, glass and marble mausoleum on the grounds of Parliament; noting that unlike mausoleums of many other deceased Heads of State, President Jomo Kenyatta’s tomb, though situated in a most public place has been off limits to the citizens for 37 years and only open to the public during the anniversaries of his death and on rare occasions when visiting Heads of State pay their respects; concerned that despite the clamour over the years for the mausoleum to be opened to the public and possibly be a tourist attraction, no steps have been taken in this regard; further concerned that 70 per cent of Kenya’s population is below the age of 40 years, to whom Jomo Kenyatta remains a distant historical figure with whom they have little or no connection despite his importance in Kenya’s history; this House resolves that the Government creates the Jomo Kenyatta National Memorial at the current mausoleum similar to the one of the founding President of the United States of America (USA), George Washington, where archival information of his life and his remains will be open to public viewing."
}