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    "id": 1152734,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Yatta, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to pass my condolences and those of the larger Kilonzo family. Mzee Kibaki was a good friend of my father when my father was in the Police Service. Indeed, when my father died in suspicious circumstances, Mzee Kibaki, then a Member of Parliament on the Opposition side, did come to mourn with the family. He also attended the funeral service at the Holy Family Basilica. When I joined politics, among the people who supported me financially was Mwai Kibaki. He will be remembered as an economist. He transformed the Kenyan economy to what it is today. Changing the Kenyan economy to a middle class one is not something that can go unnoticed. And this was done during Kibaki’s reign. He developed the Kenya Vision 2030 which successive governments have adopted. I recall, as a young Member of Parliament, that the Budget which was read in June 2003 after Kibaki took over from KANU, was only Kshs256 billion. Ten years later, the Budget he handed over was at Kshs1.8 billion. It was during his time that he emphasised generating our own revenues to run the Government and reduce over-dependence on aid, especially Western aid. Many might not know that Mzee Kibaki believed in devolution. It was during his time that CDF, which was a Private Member’s Bill by Eng. Karue, was passed. He actually requested Eng. Karue to surrender the Bill to be a Government Bill. Today, we have the NG-CDF courtesy of the late President. He believed that Ministers must fight their wars in the House. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}