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    "id": 781114,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Allow me to make two quick comments. One, it should be understood that I am speaking on the position of Hon. Raila Odinga, who is not in this House. I know I would also have spoken for President Uhuru Kenyatta, but I know Hon. Duale ably represents him in this House. I want to say that whatever Hon. Raila Odinga has done is not unique. This is his character and personality. He is someone who has the interest of this country at heart. Remember that in 1997, immediately after the elections, if it were not for Hon. Raila Odinga, this country would have degenerated into chaos. Because of his cooperation with KANU, we had the Inter-Parties Parliamentary Group (IPPG) talks that led to minimum political reforms being realised for the perfect running of the 2002 elections, which have been hailed as the best managed elections in this country. We also remember Hon. Raila Odinga sacrificed his ambition when others were undecided and said: ‘Kibaki tosha’. I was at that rally and I was not so amused because that is not what I expected. However, later on, I understood that Hon. Raila made the right decision because that is how we managed to beat those who were in KANU, including you, Hon. Speaker. We managed to beat you because of that decision. Above all, because of that, Kenya realised up to 8.4 per cent growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). No one can fault the management of the economy by President Mwai Kibaki with his surrogates like Hon. Kimunya. On a serious note, Hon. Kimunya was a very competent Minister for Finance in former President Kibaki’s Government."
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