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    "id": 341744,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/341744/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Otieno",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Public Service",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conveying our appreciation to the service of His Excellency the President Kibaki, I would like it to go on record on one or two statements which he has made that have greatly influenced my thinking. At one time, the party used to employ a number of individuals literally to harass His Excellency the President in his backyard in Nyeri. It passed out slightly in anger that the challenge in our political practice at present is that amongst us there are a few small brains with great expectations. In private conversations, there were light moments that we had great things to learn from His Excellency the President. He used to say, definitely, there is something good in you. Please, use that which is good in you for the benefit of the people. As a fellow economist, I know that most people ignore these little things but they are great when said by a great man. If you spent your life continuously reviewing and assessing what is good in you; the gift that God made of you amongst us and strive to use if for the benefit of our people, the sum total is progress for everybody. It means, therefore, in my thinking that each of us has the good and the bad; the normal dynamics in society. The more you use the good in you, the better for the whole political economy. The more you do the opposite without thinking, as hon. Orengo testified, the more you are dragging the country backwards. I would like it to be on record that in your experience with us; for very many decades in political practice, we have learnt that each one of us has something good in us. The more of our good side that we apply in the management of our public affairs, the better for our society. If we do the reverse, we are doing a disservice to our society. Please, retire well. We record this and we will remember it all. Thank you."
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