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    "id": 958537,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/958537/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13129,
        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "There are coloured people whom you would not tell where they come from. There are white people, British South Africans and our fellow Africans. However, because of that pride and development, it has a statement that captures xenophobia. It is the Republic of South Africa) versus the rest of Africa. They seem to largely think that they are a little bit special than the fellow Africans. These young millennials who have found the economic boom and success of South Africa do not seem to remember that it is the other African countries that stood up with the African National Congress (ANC) when they were fighting for liberation against apartheid. It is other African countries that were the training grounds from Umkhonto weSizwe, the military arm that Nelson Mandela and other people like Oliver Tambo and Albert Luthuri started. It is countries like Tanzania that provided bases where these great Africans from South Africa were hosted. If you look at the flag of South Africa, it is a replica of Tanzania’s flag apart from the gold strip. The national anthem of South Africa is almost similar to ‘ Mungu ibariki Africa’ of Tanzania and also the aspect of Afrikaans Song for the Boer Nation. So, South African owes a lot to Africa. In fact, when Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he came to Kenya and he wanted to meet Dedan Kimathi or his wife. This is because Mau Mau Liberation struggle inspired people in South Africa. Be that as it may, it is what happens. The parents struggle, but when the children become mature, they start to think that they are spoilt and rich people’s children. That is what I see in South Africa; people who are lazy and do not want to imagine that their own economic success is also predicated upon the contribution of other nations. That is why with the introduction of the broad based economic---"
}