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    "id": 1153168,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know how it pains many Kenyans. How many have been mentioned to have made billions from COVID-19 funds, including some in this House. Governors come to this House faced with impeachment but nothing happens. They all seem to walk out there. We then witness a country that is bleeding economically. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must truly commend Mzee Kibaki for being so clear minded. To him, the only way to save the country was to save it from these kind of people; scavengers who believe in scavenging on the public resources. That is what made Kenya what it is. Mzee Kibaki brought a culture of hard work in this country. He preached hard work to everybody and that you do not have to steal to be rich. The other most notable thing to learn from Mzee Kibaki is the fact that to be poor is not a question of what you have. Neither is being rich a question of what you have. To be poor is a question of what you wanted to have, minus what you have. Mzee Kibaki lived with contentment with what he had and we all admire that kind of spirit. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also remember Mzee Kibaki as somebody who had the capacity to cooperate even with people he did not agree with. I have witnessed various incidents. I remember one time I had courage and dared to go to State House. It took me a year to reach a decision to go there. When Mzee Kibaki took over, there were skirmishes between the former people who were in Government and those who were in his new Government. I recommended to Mzee Kibaki that it would be good if he invited Mzee Moi for a cup of tea. He then asked me “ Sasa tutatuma nani?” I gave the name of Bishop Yego and they started discussions with Mzee Moi."
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