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    "id": 1047745,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the beginning of this Session, this gentleman requested me to be praying in my office. For the longest time, his mat was in my office. If you see me thriving, it is because of the blessings of Sen. Haji. He was such a humble man, that during the debate on the revenue sharing formula - Sen. Dullo did not want to say it, and I will not say it because I am sure that he told me in confidence - he mentioned to me the problems of BBI, and I will not say them here. I am sure that the powers that be know that he had some objections about some of the things that were done in the BBI Report, and it is fair to say so. Secondly, when three Senators were arrested - I want to correct Sen. Outa - the only reason he kept the media away from that Committee was because there was an allegation against one of the Senators that he did not want to be made public. That was the reason, and he confessed that to me in my office. Thirdly, he also confessed to me that the reason we had problems with the arrest of the Senators is the disconnect between the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). He openly said that. Therefore, if we are going to remember Sen. Haji, can we remember him by doing the right thing, not the politically correct thing. I was never privy to some of the ceremonies that are done by our brothers from the Muslim faith. Their burial rites are something that all of us must emulate; simple things were done yesterday. In fact, when I went to the Muslim cemetery yesterday, there were people cleaning and collecting papers everywhere. Can you imagine? They had done roads. It is how simple people can do things. Ladies and gentlemen, my dear colleagues, all is vanity, said Solomon. Vanity of vanities. Can we do the right thing in life and in death? Lastly, many of us came here when we were very young. I want us to be saying this to our colleagues when they are alive. I said this when Sen. Haji was here, before he made a comment about the formula. Let us thank people like Sen. Orengo, Sen. Wako, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri. To serve with these people who are twice our age and gain---."
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