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    "id": 1152886,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Othaya, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichuki Mugambi",
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        "legal_name": "James Gichuki Mugambi",
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    "content": " Ahsante sana, ahsante sana. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to pass my condolences to his family, my great people of Othaya and Kenyans at large as they mourn this great statesman. Allow me also, to thank the people of Othaya who stood with the late President Mwai Kibaki for a period of 40 years. I also want to thank Kenyans for giving him a chance to serve them as their President. I want to eulogise a very humble man: a man who, if you remember, came into power and refused to be called Mtukufu. He went ahead to introduce the term “ Mheshimiwa” for President. We need to remember how humble Hon. Kibaki was. He refused, as many of you have said, any project to be named after him. Now that he is gone, and as the Whip has said, we are allowed to name a few projects after him. We have a Level VI Hospital in Othaya, which we will name after him. It will now be called Mwai Kibaki Teaching and Referral Hospital. I had a chance to serve under him as the Chairman of Othaya Development Association. As you know, the Katiba then, had not allowed the constituency where the President comes from to elect a Member of Parliament. But he gave me a chance to serve on his behalf as the Acting Member of Parliament for Othaya. I was lucky he did recognise my service and gave me an MBS for the service I rendered to Othaya people. We cannot forget where President Kibaki left this country in terms of the economy, education, social and political stability. He is the man who enacted the current Constitution, which is the document that will guide democracy and freedoms of Kenyans for a long time to come. I remember him for his vision. He took over a country that was almost directionless, but he was able to come up with the Kenya Vision 2030 which is a blueprint that will guide the development of this country up to the year 2030. We cannot forget the many children who have had a chance to achieve their dreams because of the Free Primary Education (FPE). This is something we have to guard as leaders, so that all those children have a chance to achieve their dreams. 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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