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    "id": 1048004,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to convey my condolences and those of the people of Ndaragwa to the families of John Oyioka and Sen. Yusuf Haji. In the 10th Parliament, I had an opportunity of serving together with Sen. Haji. As my colleagues have said, he was a true nationalist. We had an opportunity to engage during the making of our Constitution 2010. He thought like a true Kenyan and believed that all Kenyans regardless of where they are need to be treated equally. Those of us who had an opportunity of serving with such a gentleman learnt a lot. I believe with the proposed changes in the Constitution, Members of the National Assembly will have an opportunity of interacting with seniors, those who have been there a little longer. When you serve with them in the same Chamber, you learn a lot. I learnt a lot from Sen. Yusuf Haji whom I call Mzee . As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, the Senator was a District Commissioner and then Provincial Commissioner in our region. Other than the people of Ndaragwa, even the people of Nyandarua remember him for various things. One thing that was certain about him was that he was a human being. You could approach him even in those days of provincial administration. He was not a person who would be available to harass you. We will remember him for the things he did in our area as a PC. Certainly, he was a good example of what we as Kenyans should be. He played a role in the drafting of the BBI. Seeing him at Bomas you could tell he was not very strong. I saw his call for helping the country to come together was overwhelming him. I think it is befitting for us to urge Kenyans to honour him by passing the BBI. This is what came to my mind when I learnt of his passing on. Also, let me draw some parallels as was mentioned by the former Leader of the Majority Party. It is only yesterday that Mzee Nyachae was buried after more than 10 days since he left us. It took Christians that number of days to bury him. It only took hours to bury Yusuf Haji. Even the Members who are seated here since we feel important in one way or another, and we are, when The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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