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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to that of my colleagues, who have eulogized the late Hon. Waititu. I had an opportunity to serve with him in the National Assembly. I learnt today with great sadness of the demise of our colleague. What I know about the late Hon. Waititu is that he was a very sober man. In the last Parliament, sometimes debate would get so hot, and we were divided along party lines. We did everything that any Member of Parliament could do to have their case put across. However, he was one person who was very sober; he would cut across and did not take even some very harsh comments by the leaders on the other side seriously. Another thing that I know about him is that he was a very generous person. I remember there was a time I had a fundraising, and actually just tried to seek his support. I did not even think that he would support me, but he went out of his way to support me and even came to my rural home. I learnt of his death with a lot of sadness. I saw this in the news at 1.00 p.m. when one of his daughters was eulogizing him. She said that she will always remember her dad for his kindness. That is one thing that most of us can attest to. We want to ask God to help the family during this time when it is very difficult for them. As human beings, we will support them. However, there is that which only God can do and none of us can do. I want to ask the country as a whole that we should take this disease called cancer very seriously because, if the people who are privileged are falling by the day, what about the people who are in the villages and cannot afford even the food that is required by people who are suffering from cancer? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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