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    "id": 982552,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this opportunity to eulogize with the family and members of the second President of the Republic of Kenya. As many people have talked about the great achievements of the late former President Moi in this country, I also want to mention a few. When it comes to matters of education, what I like most was the quality. He emphasized on infrastructure. Most of the education institutions that he supported are very particular, especially when it comes to quality. Apart from increasing the number of universities, he also supported the construction of 12 teachers’ colleges in this country. Most of them today are quality universities, including the former Narok and Bondo Teachers College, which became universities. Even as of now, when we see an increase in universities, those are former technical training colleges and teacher colleges that were started during his era. When it comes to management, we cannot avoid to emulate the late former President Moi in time management. He was one of the greatest time managers with regard to functions and activities that he attended. I remember at one time when I was a teacher at Kericho Teachers College, the District Commissioner (DC) informed us that he would arrive in the College at 8.00 a.m.; but he arrived at 7.45 a.m., when some of us were still taking tea slowly, thinking that he would arrive at the “African” time, at 9.00 a.m. If we, leaders, can emulate his time management, we can actually go very far. Another thing that I learnt from him was the spirit of listening. I visited Kabarak as a teacher several times and he could not interject when anybody was talking. He could listen keenly and respond to everything that people deliberated on. He was a great listener and a great leader. It is very funny today to find leaders who interject people when talking to them because of time. The late former President Moi could not entertain such goons and he wanted to give everybody enough time so that he could understand the issues facing the people. We are missing the patriotic songs that used to be sung during public celebrations and holidays when schools children sang, “Moi twakupenda, twaipenda nchi yetu .” Those are the great things that we miss today. Resting today is a great man who was very patient and forgiving. I remember at one political time in Bomet, we wanted to show him a lot of disappointment; and there we were, lifting the former Minister of State up in the air to show him that we loved him more than him. He listened, observed and finally, when he stood to speak, he started by saying: “I am forgiving you, the people of Bomet, give me time to speak to you.” He was very forgiving, he was never emotional and he remained steady. He was a great leader."
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