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    "id": 1031723,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that message of condolences. It is a sad day for Parliament to lose one of our colleagues. The late hon. Justus Makokha Murunga, as you have rightly said, was a vibrant MP who was jovial and friendly. His sudden demise tells us the danger lurking everywhere from the Covid-19 pandemic. The late hon. Justus Murunga was born and brought up in our county of Bungoma, at Kimilili in particular. He went to schools in Bungoma and lived most of his life in my county. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we mourn the sudden death of our colleague whom we have been told, if the nearest health facility to his home, which is Mumias Sub-County Hospital, had oxygen, would not have died. This puts into question the grandiose issues that we keep on seeing in the counties, of governors boasting everyday of how well they have done, yet hospitals do not have simple things like oxygen to save a life. As we mourn the late hon. Justus Murunga, let us all remind ourselves that if Covid-19 is plucking professionals of the highest level who save human lives, what about the ordinary person? Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the last three weeks, we have lost people who we know personally, for example, Dr. Inyangala and Dr. Lusiola who are known professionals from Kakamega. We also lost Dr. Doreen Lugaliki, who was a well-known doctor from Bungoma. We have lost Dr. Khaisi, the former Director of National AIDS & STI Control Programme (NASCOP) and County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Health in Nairobi and County Secretary. He is gone. We have lost Dr. Vladmir, who passed away last week. We also lost Dr. Ashraf last week. I have just been told this afternoon that a senior police officer from Kericho or Bomet, who was in the security of former President Kibaki is no more. Also, the security man who used to look after our late vice President, Wamalwa Kijana is no more. The former gubernatorial candidate for Jubilee in Kakamega, Mr. Mabel Muruli is no more. These are the big names we can count. What about the ordinary people who cannot reach health facilities? We need a serious national conversation on how to"
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