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    "id": 1153125,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "call the President names out there, but he offered a supportive role at a time when he had suffered injury and was indisposed. Subsequently, after the death of Kijana Wamalwa, Uncle Moody Awuori took over and equally offered him a supportive role. He was not by any means a sycophant in the Cabinet. Then we had Vice President Steven Kalonzo Musyoka who had stood against President Kibaki, but he gave a supportive role. That is why Kibaki was able to achieve all the good things. When Raila and his team joined, with Raila as the Prime Minister, we had two parties. One was initially in the Opposition, but there were two parties in the Government. The late President Kibaki would tell you that when they were working with Raila Amollo Odinga, we had a lot of differences even in the Cabinet, but he had a supportive role in the Government. That is why he was able to have achievements in those 10 years. That is what vice presidents should do. Vice presidents who do that tend to make it. Biden made it, Kijana Wamalwa nearly made it, Moi made it and Kibaki made it because he also gave Moi a supportive role under difficult circumstances. Part of the problem of the Jubilee Government was dysfunction. I am glad Kibaki did not suffer dysfunction during his tenure. I hope that those who are not in Jubilee Party, but are in Jubilee Government can correct their ways in these three months just to make President Uhuru achieve something. They include my learned friend, Sen. Wetangula. Just three months to enable President Uhuru finish his tenure. We have seen what has happened since the “handshake.” My learned friend, Sen. Wetangula, was part of the “handshake.” It is only when people think about power and position that they go their separate ways. I am sure in his mind and commitment, there is a lot that could have been done during this presidency minus absent dysfunction in the Government. Not everybody can be perfect. Even Churchill was not perfect. He lost an election, but they say probably he was the greatest Englishman that ever lived. In the first days, he could never be elected. He served in the opposition and was a party hopper, yet he came out to be one of the greatest Prime Ministers in the British history, but he had many faults. Even after winning a war, he was defeated in an election. The late President Kibaki was not necessarily perfect because he was working under a particular environment with politicians who made too much noise. At that time, handouts were probably the most important thing for politicians to get from political positions. President Kibaki told us that that was not the way. He did not agree with the idea of handouts. The Government can provide revenue to build schools, health centres and infrastructure, so long as you have the right people. Therefore, President Kibaki could not miss Hon. Kenneth Lusaka. I think you are a man of many talents. However, you needed a president who could notice those talents. He did not have anybody that he could protect to the end albeit what they had done. Who did not know that my friends Hon. Kiraitu and Hon. Murungaru were the most powerful people in the Government, particularly during the first six or seven 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."
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