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    "id": 1047649,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to eulogize Sen. Yusuf Haji. I am sure the five minutes might not be enough for me, but let me say a few words about him. I came to know him way back when I was married, through my late husband. That was way back before I came to the Senate. Truly, Sen. Haji has kept friends from young and old for many years. He used to have respect for everybody. We have lost a leader who has respect for authority. I served under him as a Vice Chairperson in the last Senate. In the last Senate, the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations had a lot of issues. It is not like now. We used to have ten questions on the Floor of the House every day. Madam Deputy Speaker, Sen. Yusuf Haji said: “Since you are young, and you are there, I do not have to be in that House to respond to those issues. You should do so.” That gave me a lot of profile as far as a young or new politician in the House was. That is how I became the Senator of Isiolo County; because of the profile I made in this House under his mentorship. Sen. Haji, as a Chairperson, had a lot of respect for his Members. I remember we used to travel with him and the late Sen. G.G. Kariuki. In that Committee, we were with Sen. Orengo, Sen. Wetangula and so many other Senators. You would find every morning, because of his discipline, Sen. Haji, is on the table of breakfast by 7.00 a.m. By the evening, he would make sure that he bought all his Members dinner. Madam Deputy Speaker, we used to travel to so many countries. I remember one time we travelled to Malaysia, and from there, went to Indonesia. They used to crack “old men” jokes between him and the late Sen. GG Kariuki about elderly women and men. This means that in as much as he was humble, he would crack very many funny jokes. He was a company that you could easily enjoy. Sen. Haji has mentored me and so many others. You can see what happened yesterday and even before then. Actually, when he fell sick, he told me he fell in the bathroom. When he fell in the bathroom, he actually heard his bones cracking. The only person in the house was the wife. When she came running he told her: “Do not come near me because you are also going to fall.” He told the wife to go and get security so that they could lift him up. That is how Sen. Haji was responsible. Even when he was sick in Agha Khan Hospital, because of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), he never allowed anybody to go and visit him. He said: “You must take care of yourselves.” Madam Deputy Speaker, I would request to be added two minutes, please, if you do not mind. When he recovered and went back home, I used to visit him with my children. He could sit down those girls - I have two girls – and really talk to them. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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