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    "id": 1152842,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1152842/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tongaren, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "it. I told His Excellency the President Mwai Kibaki, “Hon. Wetang’ula stepped aside due to the Tokyo scandal and the investigations have not come up with anything, why can you not reinstate him? Kenyans are asking kama wewe unawacha watu wako kwa mataa ?” And the President laughed and told me “ Eseli wewe wacha siasa nyingi ”. We then left the President’s office at Harambee House but within a week the Hon. Wetang’ula was reinstated as the Minister for Foreign Affairs. So I have always remembered Mzee Kibaki as a very witty person that listened to his people. Hon. Speaker, I do not know whether we can actually produce another Kibaki for this country. He was somebody who had an impact on the economy of this country. The current leadership that came after him, was able to rebase the economy to a lower middle income economy. This was all because of the efforts that he had put in. It came about because of the devolution that he started implementing from the time he became President. He devolved a lot of economic activities to the grassroots and that stimulated the grassroots economy. I believe that is the basis that Kenya has thrived on to be classified as a lower middle income country. If we follow the new Constitution strictly and devolve more funds to the grassroots, perhaps we will achieve the dream that Hon. Kibaki had for this country including Vision 2030. Hon. Speaker, it is a great loss to the country but we thank God that he gave us His Excellency Emilio Mwai Kibaki to live that long and lead this country to the direction that he led this country, especially economically. While he might not have played the politics as well as we would have wanted him to, we have to accept him as he is and agree that he did a great job. That is His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki."
}