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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is such an important Motion, and it is very unfair to reduce the time to five minutes. In fact, we could have just agreed under the Standing Orders, to debate until we finish and the House adjourns. There is a lot to say. Nevertheless, on behalf of the people of Nairobi, I would like to sincerely pass my condolences to the people of Tanzania, East Africa, and Africa on the passing on of President Magufuli. I pass my condolences to his wife, Janet, his three children, and all those who knew him as a friend. I first met him in 2015 when he came to Bondo for the funeral of my late brother, Fidel Odinga. It was at that funeral that I realized what kind of a humble man he was. He drove himself alone, all the way from Tanzania to Bondo. People cannot imagine that that is the same year be became nominated as a candidate. He drove himself and he was very humble. He did not even insist on any special recognition, but he was recognized because of the kind of person he was. Incidentally, that time I was campaigning for my friend January Makamba in the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) primaries. They went head to head until the last five and Magufuli became a surprise candidate. The reason he became a surprise candidate is because he was accepted by everyone. Remember at that time, there was the heat between Membe and Lowassa. Sometimes when you have heated politics, you remember in 2002, Kenya settled on a compromise candidate because they could not agree after it was said Kibaki tosha. Sometimes that is the kind of character that becomes the president and we might be shocked in 2022. No one expected Magufuli to be the person to be accepted. Once he was chosen, I spoke to my friend January and the rest and he said that if it is Magufuli, then we are in safe hands. Madam Deputy Speaker, I was also able to interact with him again more recently when we went to Tanzania as patrons of AFC Leopards. We were playing against Gor Mahia and the Tanzania team. Through the Prime Minister, Raila Odinga we had this interaction with him and his team. I also remember visiting Mama Maria Nyerere and the former Prime Minister and Chief Juctice Warioba at their place in Dar-es-Salaam. You could tell the kind of impact and value that they have. Over here, we put a lot of emphasis on hardware, but the kind of emphasis and value they put in the software and brotherhood in Tanzania was something that we must emulate. I pray that his soul rests in peace. We are proud that President Suluhu is the president, but let her not try to be Magufuli. Let her be herself. When you walk into a big man’s shoes, do not try to fit in them but create your own shoes. When it was announced, I remember that I was talking to my sons and they said, “Tanzania has a girl as a president?” We laughed and I said: “First, she is not a girl, she is a woman. Secondly, I am proud that by 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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