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    "id": 712451,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/712451/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ghati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "The freedom we enjoy today is because some people sacrificed their time, comfort and families. They are Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Tom Mboya, Dedan Kimathi and Paul Ngei. The list is endless. These people belong to the second liberation of this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even as I speak, I feel very bad when our President deliberately or not, refused to recognise people who fought alongside Jomo Kenyatta on Mashujaa Day in Machakos. There is no way you can mention the name of Jomo Kenyatta without mentioning Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. Those two go together. Even a Class One child knows the people who fought for the second liberation of this country. There is nothing like the Leader of the Minority Party, my leader, has talked about as being classified as “others”. We need to have a list that shows the permanent people that are known in this country as second liberators. They include Raila Odinga and Masinde Muliro. We cannot mention and assume others. There is no shortcut. When we are talking about heroes and heroines of this country, we have people like Wangari Maathai. These are people who should be known from Class One. They should be in the curriculum of our children so that when they grow up, we will not be bringing the issue of ethnicity even when it is common sense. Having said that, I look forward to a day in when we will be naming our roads in this country after our heroes and heroines. I long for that day when I go to Karatina and find a road named Raila Odinga Road or Raila Odinga Street. Kisumu is more liberal. We have Jomo Kenyatta Grounds right in the middle of Kisumu. We need to remove the whole issue of ethnicity so that when we are talking about honouring our people, we do not bring it in. The people who were there during that time did not understand where they came from. They knew they were Kenyans and they knew they were looking for the future of this generation and the peace that we are enjoying today. I want to say that what happened in Machakos is wrong and I hope it does not happen again. Even as we talk about heroes and heroines in this country, we tend to forget very fast as a country. What we need to do as a Government and as a people is to ensure that we are looking after the welfare of our people even when they are still alive. We have the likes of Conjestina Achieng who has brought glory and honour to this country in the boxing world. The likes of Kipchoge Keino, Catherine Ndereba, Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat are people that we need to invest in right now when they are still alive. We need to name our roads after them so that you find Tegla Loroupe Road in Migori, Raila Odinga Street in Karatina and Jomo Kenyatta Grounds in Bondo. That is the culture that we need to inculcate in this country so that our people grow up knowing that we are Kenyans first before we are this or that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even as we talk about the welfare of people who have brought fame and glory to this country, we need to set up a fund. It will be nice to have a fund that technically looks at the welfare of these people who have done Kenya proud when they are still alive."
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