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    "id": 696027,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/696027/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. King’ola",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I concur with the previous speakers that this is a good Bill that has been brought by the Chuka/Igambang’ombe Legislator. The Kenyatta Mausoleum should have been opened to the public like yesterday. We cannot underrate the fact that Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was one of the greatest men in Africa. He fought for the Independence of this country together with others like my grandfather, Muindi Mbingu, Tom Mboya, Oginga Odinga, Dedan Kimathi, Paul Ngei and the rest of the Kapenguria Six. So, it has been a long wait. Today, we see soldiers guarding the Mausoleum of Jomo Kenyatta and yet with the diminishing rate of tourist visits in the country that could have been one of the attractions. What is being proposed is not something new. If you go to China, you will see Mao’s Mausoleum and if you visit Italy, you will see Mussolini’s. It would not be different for Kenya if we were to do that. We need to preserve our culture, so that our youth can know how the Independence of this country was attained and who were behind the struggle for Independence. Obviously, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was a great man, together with Kwame Nkrumah, Kenneth Kaunda and Julius Nyerere. It is important for the young generation to know where we have come from."
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