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    "id": 1059715,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "was when she made her maiden speech to show that she had the authority and was fit to hold the office. In the long history of Tanzania, I could not say that President Magufuli could reach the heights of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, but I think that people will remember him a lot for what he did. There are many complaints that have been made against this president, but you cannot say that the mourning of President Magufuli was stage managed. You could see the people in Dar-es-Salaam, Dodoma, Zanzibar and Mwanza, and hopefully in Chato--- I think they are going to be there tomorrow just before the burial on Friday. It was a true reflection of what the Tanzanian people thought about their President. In order to move forward, you cannot create a society based on two, three, or four pillars. You must have more than four pillars to hold a proper roof. I wish the United Republic of Tanzania well with this great legacy that President Magufuli has created, even in choosing a lady to become the President of the United Republic of Tanzania. I think that is pace-setting to Kenya and Uganda to some extent. Uganda has had a lady as a Vice President. I hope that we will not go back in the region, but have more women in positions of authority and as heads of state. We have one in Ethiopia, but that is a ceremonial President. President Samia Suluhu is a real s uluhu for the cause of women in the region and in Tanzania itself. I will conclude by saying that in the new leadership that will be created around this great lady, Tanzania needs to open up. When we were growing up and were in the university, we were part of the dissidents of those days. Everybody from the North and South was trooping to Dar-es-Salaam. I think that Sen. Wako lived in Dar-es-Salaam. We even had people from the Caribbean. The University of Dar-es-Salaam was like the intellectual Mecca of Africa. People like Walter Rodney lectured in Dar-es-Salaam and later on contested the presidency in his country in the Caribbean. Angela Davis, who was a great leader and revolutionary also made an appearance not just in that country, but gave lectures at the University of Dar- es-Salaam. Many Kenyans went to Dar-es-Salaam as students and as people who could not find a space in this country. I lived in Dar-es-Salaam. If you went to Dar-es-Salaam those days, you had people from Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, and there were countless South Africans. It was like the haven where you find peace and solace and prepare to go and change your country. I, therefore, plead with this new leadership to open up Tanzania. Let people like Mr. Tundu Lissu go back to Tanzania. Let the opposition also thrive in Tanzania, so that it can achieve its fullest greatness. Even the Asian tigers that started as dictatorships like Singapore, Malaysia, Korea and the rest have ended up opening up. You cannot build a lasting modern industrial state if you do not have respect for human rights. President (Dr.) Magufuli probably thought of a strategy of opening up the country industrially and commercially, to be inward looking for a little while and the time will come for Tanzania to have space in Africa and the world as a truly democratic country. I wish them well, but I plead with them to open up Tanzania so that we in Kenya can continue to have fellowship with our brothers and sisters in the great United Republic of Tanzania. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I second."
}