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    "id": 1047768,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to pass my condolences to the family of Sen. Haji for the great loss. I recently lost my mother so I know how hard it is to deal with the loss of a parent. I would like to mourn the great leader of no mean character. The late Sen. Haji was a humble leader, a peace lover and a person who loved each and every individual irrespective of tribe or political affiliation. He was a leader who is worth emulating. The character and knowledge of the late Sen. Haji made him stand out from the pastoral community and that is why he was assigned great and difficult jobs from an early age such as being the Provincial Commissioner for the great and expansive Rift Valley, which was a very difficult province to manage due to the many conflicts that existed. I am glad to note that the late Sen. Haji managed to bring sobriety to the Rift Valley Province when he served as the Provincial Commissioner. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I first met the late Sen. Haji in 1992 when he came to commission a school bus and generator in an institution that I was heading. During those days, there were persons who were referred to as ‘You Doing Us’ assigned institutions to find out who were not towing the line of the Government. When the late Sen. Yusuf Haji came to my institution, I took the opportunity to ask him to withdraw the ‘You Doing Us’ as they were becoming a nuisance in various institutions. I remember the late Haji with his ability as well as humility managed to sober up the ‘You Doing Us’. However, in the course of our interaction, the late Sen. Haji who was then the Provincial Commissioner of Rift Valley, advised me to be a good listener, firm and make good decisions that would favour everyone including those ‘You Doing Us’. More specifically, he urged me to respect authority and the Government of the day; a virtue he upheld until his death."
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