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    "id": 1032107,
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    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of my family and the people of Mumias East, I would like to register my condolences to the family of Hon. Justus Murunga Makokha for the loss. Maybe for starters, I will inform you that Matungu is a Constituency that was hived off from the larger Mumias, which I represented in this Parliament. Therefore, Hon. Murunga was that close. I happen to be among the first people who viewed the body of our Member when everybody was confused. I just want to thank the Parliamentary Service Commission for what they have done so far in transferring the body of Hon. Murunga from Mumias to Lee Funeral Home, which has given him honour. To conclude, I am sure the cause of death is a question that every one of us is asking. Yesterday, the family wanted to do a post-mortem on the body of the Late Hon. Murunga, but the hospital requested that before the post-mortem is done, they should know the COVID-19 status. Therefore, samples were taken. The results are not yet out. When the results come out, I am sure information will pass. What I just wanted to tell my colleagues is that let us not cast aspersions at this stage. Let the issues or the cause of death be passed to us in a more formal manner so that then we can conclude on what caused his death. He had been admitted at the Aga Khan Hospital on Tuesday, a week before last week and was discharged on Wednesday. This means that he had been in hospital for a total of eight days. The reasons for going to hospital were high blood pressure and diabetes. The rest, we do not know. Now that we have to do a post-mortem as requested by the family, I am sure we shall be told the cause of his death. I ask Members of Parliament and the country to be patient for that information. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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