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    "id": 1048072,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1048072/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
        "slug": "adan-keynan"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join other Members of Parliament in sending my condolences to the people of Bonchari and the great people of Garissa for the loss of two great leaders. I first interacted with Sen Haji as a Deputy Provincial Commissioner, a Provincial Commissioner, a nominated Member of Parliament, and then as a Member of Parliament and later on by the grace of God, he was the Minister for Defence and I was the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, then as a Member for Ijara and currently before his death as the Senator for Garissa county. Hon. Speaker, if you look at the history of Mhe. Yusuf Haji, he served in the colonial Government between 1963 and 1978 when the members of the Somali community were highly stereotyped. Serving in the Government then was the most difficult thing and Mr. Haji used all his skills, demonstrated leadership and survived. Indeed, he got promoted and became a District Commissioner at that particular time when it was very difficult to serve in the public administration. You can imagine all the skills he had. He excelled in serving the colonial Government, the Kenyatta Government, the Moi Government, the Kibaki Government and the Uhuru Government. That is a unique person. 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."
}