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    "id": 1153155,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "house, there are many rooms and those rooms are available to everybody including him. We need good people including him to work together. Let me finish by touching on one or two things about Kenya Kwanza. When those of you who have opportunity to read, I know that many of us in Parliament are sometimes too busy with too many things, just pick the HANSARD and read the debates of Mzee Kibaki. Pick the HASNSARD and read the debates of the late hon. Martin Shikuku, the late hon. George Anyona, and the late hon. Wamalwa Kijana. You will see that actually in Kenya the stature of politicians is shrinking rapidly. This is because sometimes you listen to debates and you wonder whether this is a kindergarten or a House of Parliament. Those leaders were patriots. They had their facts; they had their feelings for the country and they stood and spoke facts and they spoke well. The late President Kibaki is on record as one of the debaters who never carried notes to the podium to speak. He had everything scrolling through his mind and was never ruled irrelevant by any Speaker. We are remembering that man. There are those of us who had the privilege to work with Mzee Kibaki such as Sen Poghisio here, the tycoon from Nyeri, my brother Sen. (Eng.) Maina; Sen. Orengo and Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko. We will remember that in him was a gift to Kenya. In him we had the best President Kenya ever had. In him the economy grew. Through him Kenyans loved each other. Through him, Kenyans embraced each other. Through him, tribalism was put at the back burner of our country. Through him, Kenyans felt they had the President to be proud of. Even when there was a disturbance after the disputed election in 2007, we regrouped together and everybody recognized President Kibaki as our President. The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Raila worked with him as our President. We sat in Cabinet with H.E Kibaki as our President. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your information, during Mzee Kibaki’s days, we had cabinet meetings every Thursday of the week to make the country move. Today, I do not 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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