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    "id": 1042930,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1042930/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "On 11th December, 2020, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. called me and put it very interestingly that:- “The rebel-in-chief of ‘Team Kenya’, you have lost a general.” I understood what he meant. That was very sad. Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka was very jovial, engaging and extremely deep, as Sen. Murkomen has said. He was a friend. I remember at the time I addressed an issue about him, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., and Sen. Murkomen for going to court to support the then governor of Nairobi County, Gov. Sonko, and I felt that they should have told me what they were doing. He took time to come to my office and explain what was going on. We became very close during the stalemate of revenue sharing formula. He was in our team. We had thought he would be the weak link, but he was strong. That moment was not an easy for any of us, especially those whose counties had been gaining, but who chose to stand with the others. Every time, he would just call me to reassure me that we are moving in one direction. We did many things even outside Parliament, many of which, him and I will stay with the memory. Madam Deputy Speaker, the people of Machakos have lost an honest and a selfless man. If you look at what he was doing at home and even the school he was"
}