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    "id": 1152737,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathira, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rigathi Gachagua",
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        "legal_name": "Rigathi Gachagua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to send my condolences to the family of the late Mzee Mwai Kibaki—a great man, a visionary leader, a brilliant economist, a democrat par excellence and the best President ever in our five-decade history. Mwai Kibaki hailed from Nyeri, the land of milk and honey; the land of the courageous and brave; the land of Dedan Kimathi and Prof Wangari Maathai. He has done us proud. Mwai Kibaki presided over unprecedented economic development that changed peoples’ lives. By the time he handed over power in 2013, he left Kenyans a happy lot. Everybody had money in their pocket. He expanded businesses and created the best environment for doing business in this country. He opened up the East for the people of Kenya to trade with China and other countries. He brought about access to affordable credit. If Kenyans can remember, there were tents outside every building where banks were hawking loans to the people of Kenya to do business. Today, the reverse is the reality. It is Mwai Kibaki who brought free primary education. He will be remembered by the people of Kenya for many years to come. He had respect for the rule of law. He never used the criminal justice system to manage politics. He managed politics in the conventional way. He was a gentleman. He never coerced or intimidated anybody to follow his political thinking. He let every Kenyan be. After serving for 39 years as Member of Parliament for Othaya, when the time came for him to retire, he never forced the people of Othaya regarding who would be the next Member of Parliament. When his time to retire as President came, he allowed the people of Kenya to choose their own leader without coercion and intimidation. May his soul rest in eternal peace."
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