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    "id": 1051159,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to eulogise and convey my condolences to the family of the late friend of mine, Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu alias Wakapee . He was a man of unique distinction and led what one would simple describe as a chequered life. Many people did not know much about him, but I knew him because he was a personal friend. We campaigned together in 2013 and 2017 on a Jubilee Party ticket. Mr. Speaker, Sir, late Hon. Waititu rose from being a farmhand to a coffee plantation foreman, and later became a manager. He was a shrewd businessman who was finally elected Member of Parliament for Juja Constituency. To me, that in the life of a man who has grown from that level to accomplish so much is unique. There are no other words that will describe the late Hon. Munyua Waititu. He was a brave man and fighter. One of the unique things that he did when he was diagnosed with cancer is that he never hid it. He went public about it and asked for prayers. He also professed and confessed that he was putting up a fight. Although at that particular time it looked like he had been given a short time to live, he endured and lived through all those days until this time when the good Lord called him to be with him. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as many of my colleagues here have said, the late Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu was known for his devotion to finding peace. In Kiambu County, there were several times we had issues as leadership. There was a time in the past sessions when we could never see eye to eye. There was a lot of squabbling and fighting within the county government leadership. It was Hon. Waititu and I who always found the voice to tell the others. He stood in front to make sure that there was consensus. The people of Juja will have a testimony to tell; that even in his last days when he was ailing and in pain, he never let that overshadow his role or even the commitment he had to serve them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if Members of Parliament would follow what he did and believed in public service, then we would have quality leadership. He was not selfish. If you met him, you would rarely think or know that he was a Member of Parliament. He mingled with the commoners in Juja Town. Even when he was sick, people were still going to his home, for him to solve their issues. I want to condole with his family, the people of Juja and Kiambu. As I condole with them, I want to remember to put my voice to what most of us have said; that we must do more to ensure that we come up with a solution that will give people in this Republic hope in the fight against cancer. The way we came together and combated the COVID-19 pandemic, we probably did so because it is almost an instant killer and cancer is a slow killer. I do not know that, that is one of the reasons we have decided to go slow in research against it. As we all 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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