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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join you and the rest of the Members in conveying my condolences and those of the teachers of this country, and also by extension the workers, to the families of Senator Yusuf Haji and Member of Parliament, Hon. Oyioka. Senator Yusuf Haji has been praised very much in this House and in the country as an outstanding statesman. From my personal experience in 1990 when we trekked all the way from Egerton to Nakuru Town to protest the killing of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Member for Kisumu Town, Dr. Robert Ouko and we brought the town to a standstill, the late Hon. Haji was able to handle us very well in an emotive moment and addressed us very well as university students. He gave us Nyayo buses to take us back to the university. That was my first interaction with the PC. All over the country he has been praised in terms of education and in Rift Valley, his work and input to education is unmatched. I remember in one of the schools, Kipsigis Girls High School, there is a dormitory that is named after Yusuf Haji. It is not very easy for a girls’ school of that magnitude to name a dormitory after a senior public officer. While in this House, with a lot of humility, in two occasions, Hon. Yusuf Haji approached me and engaged in discussions on two matters: One was about Ijara Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) branch. I was so surprised about the details and the concerns that he had about a KNUT branch in Ijara. It is one of the smallest branches we have in the country. Secondly, he engaged me very strongly in terms of teachers’ welfare and deployment of teachers in northern Kenya, a matter that we have discussed with Members of Parliament from northern Kenya. He was deeply concerned about ensuring that children from northern Kenya also 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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