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    "id": 1042908,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1042908/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to eulogize my friend and colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, the Senator for Machakos County, who left us on the 11th day of December 2020. For the record, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka left us at 8.45 a.m. on 11th December 2020 and not earlier as had been circulated by a section of social media. I would like to note that all of us have lost a dear friend and a great leader in this nation. The late Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka was a man who was very passionate about the things that he did especially the plight of the poor and the downtrodden in society. The last conversation that I had with Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, was about people in his county whose land had been taken for the construction of a mega dam and they had not been compensated. When he tried to put for their compensation, and it was not forthcoming, he took the initiative as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and went to court to stop the project until his people are compensated. When we had that conversation, he told me, “My brother” as he used to call me, “I want to go with you to see those people and because I know who you are, you will definitely cry to see the kind of people whose land has been taken away without compensation”. That speaks volumes about the kind of person the late, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka was."
}