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    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to pass my condolences to the families of our colleagues. Indeed, yesterday, 15th February is one of the saddest days of our parliamentary calendars. Yesterday, we lost two of our Members and buried one who is a former Member of this House. I had the opportunity, like yourself, to serve with all the late Members, including the late Hon. Nyachae. To start with, Hon. Oyioka was declared an MP by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD). I remember there was a petition and for the first time in our parliamentary history, there was a swap of Members. I was then in KANU together with Hon. Oyioka. I escorted him on the day he was sworn in. I remember how disappointed he was with the National Assembly because when he came here on that particular date and was given an opportunity to speak, there were murmurs. We would have expected him to thank the House and do all that happens, but because there were some murmurs in the House, Hon. Oyioka was very disappointed. He thought that people in this place behaved like they were in a market place. He put it on record, but over time he ended up learning that that was part of debate in this House. In 2002, Hon. Haji was first elected and that was when I was also elected with you. We were all in KANU then and we were 68 of us. Therefore, we were a very close family. We got to learn about Hon. Haji’s behaviour in the House: a gentleman and a fatherly figure. Most importantly, when he was the Provincial Commissioner of the Rift Valley, which was our home province, there was a very surprising thing about him. In his own house he had built a mosque. We have always referred to Hon. Haji as one of the most religious provincial administrators in Nakuru together with Hon. Raburu. Hon. Haji had a mosque in his own House and Hon. Raburu was the provincial administrator who put the Ten Commandments in the PC’s office. With that Hon. Speaker, I take this opportunity to send my condolences to the families. I thank you."
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