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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Sen. Yusuf Haji was a gentle, humble and a very good man, if I may say that. As has been said, one time in 2002 when we were traveling together as Members of Parliament, we went to El Wak, where he was brought the book that he signed in 1965 when he was the District Officer (DO). He visited El Wak Health Dispensary at that time, and they brought us the visitors’ book, which he had signed. Therefore, he had been working from that time to date. I was privileged to have been with him from that time, 1998, when he joined Parliament to date. Madam Deputy Speaker, there is a story I will never forget. When I was a Member of Parliament sometime back, when the late President Moi was in power, I supported a Motion to change the Calendar of Parliament. That was supposed to be a constitutional change. That was after the formation of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). We wanted to change the Calendar of Parliament, so the PSC decides when Parliament convenes and when not to convene, instead of the way it was, by the Executive. When I came to Parliament that morning and saw a Motion by Hon. Oloo Aringo, which was asking that we support the Calendar, I supported it. I was summoned to State House. We went to State House with Sen. Haji and met the late President Moi. Mzee Moi asked me: “Are you the one who says that I cannot take care of this country?” I was very afraid. I told Mzee Moi: “You have been here for 24 years,” and he laughed. He said he wanted to talk to somebody, and that was Hon. (Dr.) Sally Kosgey. He dialed four numbers on his phone. Then I told him, “ mzee umepiga nne .” Mzee Haji took me out of office. I did not know he was calling a hotline. I did not know anything called hotline. He was calling a hotline to Dr. Sally Kosgey. I knew six numbers. He dialed using four numbers. I told him he had dialed with four digits. I do not know how he carried me. That is how loyal he was. When I told him, “why are you doing this?” He told me, “how can you talk to the President like that?” That is somebody who respected leadership and the Government. I was given a story one time that when he was appointed as the District Commissioner (DC) to Kiambu in 1978, the DC who was there, who happened to be from the family of the President refused to vacate office. Over the weekend, he went there, dealt with the askaris, APs, everything belonging to the DC was removed from the office, his house and it was packed on a vehicle. When the DC came on Monday, Haji had occupied the office."
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