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    "id": 963330,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963330/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, if there is one Senator that I greatly admire and respect as my elder and mentor, it is none other than Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri. All I was trying to say is very clear. In this world, nowadays, people can utter certain words that can mean totally different. A good example is that the President of the Republic of Kenya today made some statement that left everyone in stitches. He said that his wife’s brother’s mother comes from Jamaica. We were all left wondering who these “wife’s brother’s mother” was. Is it his mother-in-law or does the First Lady come from a polygamous family? Sometimes it depends on how you understand what is uttered. Madam Temporary Speaker, what I meant is that when we reward and consider celebrating talent, then we must have a way of measuring it. The example I gave about a suit, is that when you wear a suit made by a master tailor, that tailor would tell you that fabric weighs so much and comes from a particular type of cotton. He will completely break down for you what it took to make that suit. This is such that when you are walking on the streets and it rains, the suit does not spoil. Maybe the water will just touch it and run down; that is rewarding proper talent. We cannot equate that with someone like me, who learns to how to use a sewing machine; and then I say that because I have used it for 20 years, I must be put into the hall of fame."
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