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    "id": 1153209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1153209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know whether to take that because my colleague is not very sure. He is saying perhaps he is second to Sir. Winston Churchill. Unless we get the facts right, I will stick to eulogizing my fallen president as the longest serving Member of Parliament in the Commonwealth. It would be remembered that the late President Mwai Kibaki successfully served as the fourth Vice President of the Republic of Kenya. He had a successful career in the Cabinet in several dockets including finance, home affairs and health, just to mention but a few. He was a founder Member and leader of Democratic Party (DP). He rose to be the Official Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and eventually became President and served for 10 years. On my own behalf, my family, the people of Kitui County, the people from the Lower Eastern Region and the Wiper Party fraternity spread across the country, I convey our condolences to our fallen President. The family of Mzee Mwai Kibaki, we say we condole with you. I want to say a few things about the late President Mwai Kibaki. I did not have the opportunity to serve directly under him as did Sen. Wetangula, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo- Ayacko, the Senate Majority Leader (Sen. Poghisio), the Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Orengo) and the rest of the Senators that served under the late President Mwai Kibaki. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am a direct beneficiary of the benefits of the good leadership of our fallen President. When I served in the media for 16 years, from 2000 to 2016, within which time he was the President for 10 of those years, we enjoyed real press freedom. It is during the late President Mwai Kibaki’s tenure that media space in this country was expanded and journalists had the opportunity to report on everything under the Sun. In fact, it was under the late President Mwai Kibaki’s leadership that we as media people boldly reported about the ills in Government without looking over our shoulders. We took on Cabinet Ministers without looking over our shoulders without being harassed. We served under a president who believed and lived the principles of journalism that a free media is a nation talking to itself. Under the late President Mwai Kibaki, the media enjoyed great freedom. Madam Deputy Speaker, it was under the leadership of the late President Mwai Kibaki that we got the Constitution, 2010. It shall be remembered that this Constitution 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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