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    "id": 1063118,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "for Garissa County unanimously by all the residents. Like Sen. Orengo said, he is a Kenyan Senator, not a Garissa Senator alone because all the parties decided to support him. He is a household name. He made his own name during the Westgate attack. Up today, he is our hero and many Kenyans knew him through that attack. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also watched his interview on Citizen Television and I realized he will hit the ground running. He was so eloquent, good, precise and to the point. He is an admirable young man. We used to call his father “ baba ” in this House. That is the people who just joined politics from our region recently. He gave us advice that was life-changing in terms of our political careers when we first came to this Chamber. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the late Sen. Haji was not only a peacemaker in the whole country, but even in terms of northern Kenya region where there is a lot of conflicts. Every time there was a conflict in northern Kenya, he was always there. I am sure Sen. Haji Abdulkadir Mohamed will step on those shoes because he is a hero by his own standards in the first place as was seen in the Westgate Attack. I have no doubt that he will achieve a lot. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to advise him that our primary role in this House is to defend counties and their governments in terms of resource sharing and good governance. We normally even have conflict with our sister House in terms of resource allocation to the counties, but Senators always stand with the counties. I hope that county governments will use those resources we fight so hard to get for them. Let me give you the example of the current formula that is giving a lot of resources to the counties. I hope that money will be utilized well. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me also to wish all the Muslims Ramadan Mubarak and may it be a blessed month. As Muslims, let us pray very hard so that this pandemic in our county and everywhere else in the world that Allah brings his mercy so that it leaves this country and everybody else get the blessing of this month. I thank you."
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