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    "id": 1050447,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, it is with deep sorrow that I notify the House of the untimely demise of the Member for Juja Constituency, Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu, who passed on yesterday Monday, 22nd February 2021, while undergoing treatment at M.P. Shah Hospital, Nairobi. The late Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu was born on the 5th October 1958 in Gigiri area, which was then within the present Kiambu County. He attended Karura Forest Primary School where he sat for his Certificate of Primary Education (CPE), before proceeding to Sharda High School for his East Africa Certificate of Education. He thereafter obtained certificates and diplomas in coffee related research and management from both local and international institutions. Hon. Members, the late Hon. Waititu, popularly known as ‘ Wakapee ’, had immense interest in the agriculture and real estate sector, which highlighted his sterling career at a number of coffee estates in the country, where he served at management level and later as Group General Manager of one of the then major coffee estate farms in the country. The late Hon. Waititu’s popularity on account of his work ethics was confirmed in 2013 when he was elected as Member of Parliament for Juja Constituency. Unsurprisingly, he retained the seat in 2017 despite battling cancer that saw him travel out of the country on a few occasions for treatment. He was an illustrious and devoted member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and the then Joint Committee on Catering and Health Club, which is the predecessor of the Committee on Members’ Services and Facilities. He also served diligently in the Committee on Implementation. He was unequivocally vocal on matters pertaining to coffee as exemplified by his efforts that contributed to the declaration of the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund by His Excellency the President during the 124th Session of the International Coffee Council in Nairobi in March 2019. Hon. Members, the late Member was consistent in introducing and supporting legislation on improvement of the agriculture sector and ease of doing business in Kenya. He will be remembered in this House for introducing the Law of Contract (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 20 of 2018), which was the first individual Member’s Bill to be published in 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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