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    "id": 982556,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me join my colleagues in registering my message of condolences on behalf of myself, my family and the people of Nyamira County for the passing on of Mzee Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, they say that history is the final judge of our deeds on earth. For most of us who saw the kind of treatment that was meted on President Moi when he was handing over power to President Mwai Kibaki, it is gratifying to see the kind of tribute that has poured this afternoon in favor of President Moi. I think that is how we should treat statesmen. That is how we should treat people who in our history have made some contribution to make Kenya what it is today. The only thing I can say about President Moi is that his flexibility and failure to become rigid made this country to stand. There is a time this country did away with security of tenure for judges, but after protestation from the legal fraternity, Mzee Moi being the person he was, listened to the views of Kenyans and he did away with that amendment that had taken away security of tenure for judges. In 1997 when this country protested on the composition of the then Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and the opposition demanded that they needed slots to also pick people to sit in the ECK, Mzee Moi yielded. If only some of us who are still in leadership can learn to be flexible and not to be rigid, this country will be better for all of us. My message of condolences to the Moi family and to Kenyans at large. Thank you."
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