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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "To afford free primary and secondary education was not easy, particularly free primary education. That was a big move and a big budget issue, but he stood with the people. Mr Speaker, Sir, we want to conclude this matter. The body of the Third President leaves Parliament today. If you have observed in the last three days, you have seen the number of Kenyans who are milling around and lining up to see the body of the departed President. You can tell that the people loved him. I particularly listened to some street children who went to line up as well. Some of them were speaking about the things that changed during that time. I would like to raise the issue of the Houses of Parliament. President Kibaki respected Parliament. In those days, you were a President and also an MP. As such, you interacted with Members. When you interacted with Members, you understood the system. Remember he was the Leader of Government Business for a long time and then Leader of Opposition. So, he understood the workings of Parliament. He understood Parliament and that is why he liked Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during his tenure Parliament attained independence of sorts. At that time, Parliament would manage their own budget. He respected the fact that we can have a strong Parliament, a Parliament that would then pass laws and where he was advised he would listen to Parliament. He lies in State in Parliament partly because he is along serving parliamentarian. Apart from being the President of the country, he served for 50 years. That is a long time. For more than half of his life, he served as MP. That is to tell wananchi that sometimes it is very important to be consistent. The people of Othaya Constituency must have benefitted from that consistency. Today, the turnover in this House is very high. People come for one term and go, but this man served for 50 years. That is how we could come to trust him to be the President of the country. Mr Speaker, Sir, during this eulogising, we have an opportunity to say thank you to the family of President Kibaki for lending the country the service of this great person whom we mourn. We thank the people of Othaya Constituency, Nyeri County and the Central region who gave us this man. Finally, we believe that Mwai Kibaki’s soul will rest in eternal peace. We pray that God will rest his soul in eternal peace. A great man has passed on. We know that his greatness will rub onto other people and spread around the world and that we will get great people like President Emilio Mwai Kibaki. With those few remarks, I beg to reply."
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