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    "id": 982514,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the life of the late President, you can see what humility is all about. If you look at his life, I have learnt that you cannot force leadership. You let it take its own course because nobody knew that one day, he would be the longest serving President of the Republic of Kenya. As leaders today, it is important that we learn to respect. During Moi’s time, discipline was observed. I was a student when he came on board as a President. He was full of discipline if you look at the Ministers and everywhere. I do not know if it is about the social media or what went wrong that now anybody can say anything to the President or any leader. It is such a shame even if it is the social media, people are developing or we are getting space in democracy. I do not think that is what democracy is all about. My region has always been in the opposition. It is not that we wanted to be in the opposition, but we wanted good leadership. As a result of that, most of the time, we were not in Government. However, there was no time that the people from Nyanza Region were not serving in Moi’s Government. However, now you can get the whole of Nyanza, Eastern and Western with no one yet these are Kenyans. We should learn from President Moi. I personally benefited from him. When I was young, I was a very abrasive girl. However, I learnt when I ran into problems with the law. I saw jail right in front of me. I had to go to the late President with my two children and explain to him what happened and helped me. That was something which was very personal. If it was anybody else, I do not think I would even have had an opportunity to reach State House in Nakuru, which I did. I owe it all to President Moi. He may have had issues or mistakes, but we must learn from those mistakes so that when another President lies here, we will not have too many negatives. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have so much that we have learnt from President Moi. He was a true Christian who developed and supported all churches across the country, not only the African Inland Church (AIC). President Moi was one person we will miss. I will miss him and so will many Kenyans. One thing we must learn is that leadership comes from God. We only need to wait upon God. If you are supposed to be the President, it will come and then you will leave a great legacy. The last thing that we must do as leaders is to unite Kenyans so that Kenya is one. We must stop corruption and ensure that there is unity so that those who have rested like President Moi do so in peace. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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