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    "id": 1152778,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1152778/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On my behalf, the people of Kajiado South and the people of the great county of Kajiado, I send my condolences to the family of the late Hon. President Mwai Kibaki, the people of Othaya, and the people of this great country, which he led for 10 good years. First of all, I was the last Minister of Interior in Hon. Kibaki’s administration. Then it was called the Ministry of Internal Security and Provincial Administration. Economically, Hon. Kibaki was a performer. Politically, he was a democrat. Why do I say that he was a performer? In my first term in 2003 to 2007 in my constituency, the Emali-Loitoktok road was tarmacked by the administration of the late Hon. President Mwai Kibaki. It is also during that time that the people of Loitoktok really remember the late Hon. President for giving us Loitoktok District. Before that, we used to come up to Nairobi to get district services and then go back to Kajiado. The late Hon. President Mwai Kibaki can be remembered for so many good things. Actually, it is just good to say that he is so far the best President we have seen, as a country. We keep saying that he came a little bit too late when term limits for the President were already in our Constitution. Otherwise we would, as a country, be very far if we had gotten that democratic leadership and Hon. Kibaki’s performance-based leadership. I also remember that he awarded me two medals; one was the Moran of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (MGH);, and the other was the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (EGH) as a Cabinet Minister. I benefitted so immensely from his wisdom when I used to consult him on matters security, interests of this country and politics. Finally, I want to say what he used to tell us in the Cabinet: “Cabinet Ministers, find time for three things. One, find time for Parliament. That is where you will articulate issues. Find time for your constituents, and find time for your family.” So, he was a great family man. May his soul rest in eternal peace."
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