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    "id": 1047454,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "As an officer in the former provincial administration myself, I confirm that we all looked up to the late Sen. Haji as an officer worthy of emulation owing to the dignity and honour with which he undertook his duties. Sen. Haji began his political career in 1998, when he was nominated by Kenya African National Union (KANU) as a Member of the Eighth Parliament. In the ensuing general elections of December, 2002, Sen. Haji was elected on a KANU ticket, as the MP for Ijara Constituency, a seat he retained in the 2007 general elections. Between 1998 and 2001, the late Sen. Haji worked as an Assistant Minister in the Office of the President where he also subsequently, acted as the Office's Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs. Between 2008 and 2013, the late Sen. Haji served as the Minister of State for Defence, a position he served in diligently and selflessly until his election to the Office of Senator for Garissa County in the 2013 general elections. Hon. Senators, the late Sen. Haji will be remembered as an icon and steward for peace within the country and across the borders, where he led various peace building processes. On 18th October 2011, the late Sen. Haji was part of a Kenyan delegation that met with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia in Mogadishu to discuss security issues and cooperation between Kenya and Somalia against the Al-Shabaab terrorist group as part of the coordinated Operation Linda Nchi where an agreement to collaborate against the insurgent group was signed. In early June 2012, the late Sen. Haji signed another agreement on behalf of the Government of Kenya (GoK), officially re-installing Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in Somalia under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) general command to bring peace in Somalia and neutralize the threat of terrorism."
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