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    "id": 1153112,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1153112/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senate Majority Leader in his remarks. I stand to support the Motion. If there was a summary of the person, the departed President Mwai Kibaki on what he was and he did, that speech would contain a lot of things about this great man. To add on the speech that the Senate Majority Leader has made and in our usual tradition, we can prepare a volume of the HANSARD to give to the family of the late President. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said in the beginning, we have covered a bit of what Kibaki was and what he did. The Senate Majority Leader has done the same, talking about infrastructure. We know what President Mwai Kibaki did in the improvement of infrastructure in this country, including some of the on-going projects. We know what he did in the universal free primary education. It was unattainable, but he did it in such a way that for the first time, Kenyans realized that at the primary school level the Government could build infrastructure for schools. Many schools during his term and period began to see changes in their infrastructure and in the field of education generally. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the area of health, there were phenomenal developments during the tenure of President Mwai Kibaki. The other thing I also appreciated about him was showing that the Government does not always use coercive instruments of the State to make citizens carry out their obligations was in the area of revenue collection. You remember President Mwai Kibaki pleading to Kenyans to pay taxes voluntarily. That is a lesson to be learnt by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) that using coercive arms of the State is not always the best way. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about Kibaki; the man in politics. If there was ever a politician that loved Parliament, it was the late President Mwai Kibaki. He enjoyed this institution. You needed to be in the House when he was addressing Parliament. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}