1. '' Thomas Joseph Mboya was a very good friend and confidante of Eric '' , words of the 3rd Kenyan president , Mwai Kibaki , during Khasakhala 's funeral .
2. '' Thomas Joseph Mboya was a very good friend and confidante of Eric '' , words of 3rd Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki during the funeral of Khazakhala .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes