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    "id": 1152874,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to pass my condolences to the family of great fallen leader. I want to pass my condolences and those of Igembe Central to the family of the late President Hon. Mwai Kibaki. I eulogise this great leader who has just left us. The late President Mwai Kibaki was not just a political leader but he was also a manager. In whatever he did, he managed it quite well. We are not praising Mwai Kibaki only for his 10 years as a President, but since he began to be a leader in this country as a secretary for KANU. After leaving the Makerere University, he started organising this country from the word go while we were grappling with the colonial masters up to when he passed on. He has been playing his cards well and he did not fail us in any way. Kibaki is the best President this country has ever had. I pray that we get another one after him. So far, I can say he is the best President we have ever had. The people of Othaya elected him for eight terms because he was a manager. The late President Kibaki was a man of few words but practical in his dealings. He qualified the English saying that says: “Actions speaker louder than words.” The late President rarely talked and he was not on television, radio and news all the time. His actions and plans for this country propelled this country very far. He was a leader who can be emulated. I happened to interact with the late President when he was in the Democratic Party (DP) of Kenya and he was campaigning for the party. He had visited my constituency when I was just a 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."
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