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    "id": 772925,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/772925/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "February 14, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 7 The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is truly self- serving from the distinguished Senator for Kericho. This is a clearly misguided petition because it is borne out of a narrow-minded thinking that language does not grow. If you look at the Kamusi ya Kiswahili ‘harambee’ means ‘ kuvuta pamoja’ or ‘pulling together.’ It may have come from India; all languages are now pedigree. ‘Safari’ is now in the English Dictionary, yet it is not an English word. If you are well schooled in Kiswahili like I am, you will find words like ‘ shule,’ which is a German word for school. ‘ Meza’ is a Portuguese word for ‘table;’ it is now part of our Swahili. ‘ Afande’ is a word we hear every policeman using. It is an honourable word for ‘officer,’ and is part of our Swahili. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we cannot, therefore, start bisecting and dissecting language that has been generally accepted. I have been in this country as a leader for a long time. The only complaints Kenyans have about harambee is the way leaders have bastardised it as a means of enriching themselves through corruption. However, nobody has ever complained of the origin, meaning or the import of harambee. I urge those who will look at this petition that we cannot start mutilating our Constitution on the basis of narrow-minded thinking by some people out there. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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