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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to join you and the rest of the Senate in giving our condolences to the family of the late Sen. Okello. I had an interaction with the late Senator. It is sad that, at this moment, we are calling him the late when just the other day, he was with us and was so full of life. In fact, I was just looking at the empty chair where he used to sit and we will really miss him. I interacted with the late Sen. Okello when he applied to become a candidate for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party for the senatorial seat of Migori County. Out of the 11 candidates who contested for the seat during our party’s primaries, he emerged the winner. Among these 11 candidates were prominent lawyers and other people of substance in the society. Despite all that, he turned out to be the best among the best. I condole with the people of Migori County for having lost a person they loved most. I also condole with my party, ODM, for this loss of this Senator. In that race of those 11 candidates during the ODM party primaries, Sen. Okello garnered more than 64,000 votes. The runners up garnered not more than 30,000 votes. That tells you how popular he was and how much he was loved. I know the people of Migori County will miss him just as much as my party, ODM, the Senate and his colleagues. We have lost a dedicated leader and servant to this nation. We have lost a very humble and respectful man, a father, a son and a husband. May his soul rest in eternal peace. I pray for God’s love to his family. We stand by them at this trying moment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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