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    "id": 1030763,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": " Madam Deputy Speaker, let me take this opportunity to also send my condolences and that of the people of West Pokot to this great son of Kenya. The late Kyale Mwendwa, served in the LEGCO. These are people that the younger generation including Sen. Sakaja might not actually appreciate them. I had the privilege of knowing some of these people when they were still at strength. The late Kyale Mwendwa ended his political career at the time when I was entering Parliament. He has a great record, was a great educationist and a Member of the LEGCO. I think the LEGCO sat here, in this particular Chamber. He was part of the first 15-member Cabinet of Kenya. That is a person who has achieved a lot. Therefore, we need to use this opportunity to send to the people of Kitui our condolences and tell them that we appreciate them giving us that great family and also this particular person. One problem we have in our country is that we do not celebrate people who have who have given us great achievements. There is no single thing that we can remember in future where we can say he was the first Director of Education. In other places, they would have a monument or a statue or something that represents that forever. We need to start thinking about how we remember this kind of people. This House can lead in that direction. There are many people that we should celebrate. With those few remarks, I just want to join Sen. Wambua and Senators from the whole region of Ukambani because at that time, these divisions were not there. He was a great man from Ukambani. That is what it was. Therefore, we must say that he has lived a good life and this is a celebration of his life. We need to have memories of this kind inscribed somewhere so that we do not lose the history that is created by knowing this Hon. Member who has passed on. May God Rest his soul in Eternal peace."
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