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    "id": 712432,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/712432/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
        "slug": "ferdinard-kevin-wanyonyi"
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    "content": "Thank you for this opportunity. I remember when I was a very small boy this country was fighting for Independence. We got that Independence in 1963. I want to salute those who took part in the fight for liberation of this country from the colonial masters. How I wish they could be listening to me as I pay my tribute, particularly to Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Paul Ngei, Achieng Oneko and others who were arrested and detained in Kapenguria. I had a chance to go to Kapenguria where the six were arrested and I saw the place where they were detained. I salute them. Indeed, it was a struggle. There have been a number of commentaries and films about the fight for Independence. I am sure those who come up with those initiatives are grateful to those who were in the forefront in the fight for the Independence of this nation. Those people suffered a great deal. There was no medicine at that time. If you got hurt you could only use mitishamba to cure your wound. They brought honour to this country and in our own ways we should remember all of them. In other countries like India, Russia, the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA), South Africa and Ghana, they have names of people who have brought honour to their respective countries. In this country, we are being selective in honouring our heroes. I am saying this without any apology. The last time the President came up with a list of heroes and heroines of this county, I looked at it and wondered. Was it a misprint? You know that is an error that could happen at the Government Printers. Was it deliberate that some names were left out? How was the name of Mzee Oginga Odinga who fought for this country left out? How do you leave out the names of Paul Ngei, Masinde Muliro and Martin Shikuku? It can only mean that you are not serious about honouring those who brought honour to this country."
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