The owl remained. Speaker of the Parliament, Job Ndugai, tried to tweak traditional belief with a pragmatic explanation:
Òwìwí náà ta kété. Agbẹnusọ Ìgbìmọ̀, Job Ndugai, gbìyànjú láti yí ìgbàgbọ́ ìbílẹ̀ padà pẹ̀lú àlàyé tí ó ní iyè nínú: