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    "id": 920272,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "As we mourn Joe Kadenge - like those who have spoken before me have said - I think this country has neglected our heroes and heroines particularly in the sports sector too much. There is a young man from Nandi County called Henry Rono, who in 1978 or 1979 broke four world records in three weeks. I am told he ended up washing cars in USA and living the life of a pauper. Kadenge brought a name to the football of this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, great football announcers like the late Steven Kikumu, Salim Mohammed, Leonard Mambo Mbotela and others made Kadenge become a household name. Leonard Mambo Mbotela said that those people who are crying that Mr. Kadenge is dead and that he was a hero are shedding crocodile tears, and I agree with him. When we see our heroes live the way Mr. Kadenge lived, in a City Council house in Mariakani waiting for benefactors to come and assist him, it is very bad. Mr. Kadenge, from the hero he was, at one time was a taxi driver on the streets of Nairobi. I remember in my formative years as a lawyer, giving him pro bono services when he had a case with Coca Cola Company, which we prosecuted from him. Eventually, Coca Cola Company offered to settle the matter with him away from the lawyers. Giving medals to our heroes is good, but not good enough. I do not know if any of you has read a book by Ferdinand Oyono called The Old Man and the Medal, where a man called Meka is given a national medal, retires and goes to the village. Every morning he wears the medal to walk around the village to see if anybody recognizes him, and nobody did. The medal ended up being useless. Mr. Speaker, Sir, “Nyayo” is not a name of anybody but just a slogan. Therefore, we can urge the Government to change the name of Nyayo National Stadium from the stadium bearing a name of a slogan to a real name of a real hero. That will be something very positive."
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