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    "id": 1073885,
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    "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 join my colleagues in eulogizing the late Benjamin Ayimba. I have known him as a young person for over 30 years. I did not know much about the rugby as a game. However, from the time he was in upper primary to secondary school, he started being active and developed interest in rugby. I came to know about the game. I enjoyed and followed it through up to the point when he headed it as a coach. The late Benjamin Ayimba was brought up by a single mother who is a good friend of mine to date. That is how I came to know the children. She is a strong woman who, from her strength, she managed to raise a family in a God-fearing way and in a way that the children would be in a position to take care of themselves in future. This is a big blow to the family. This is because Benjamin knew that the mother struggled with them as a single mother. When they were in a position to take care of her, he did a lot of work. They used to live in Nairobi, but eventually the mother had to relocate home. He put up a beautiful home for her and made sure that he had enough activities to keep her busy as an elderly person in the village. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when Benjamin retired from rugby, he did not stop there. He started a sports game that I got to know from the young people and my own son. It is still in the formative stages and was to be a big thing. I believe that people who used to work together with him will continue with that legacy. In fact, one day he told me that he had been struggling with the sport game for a long time. It has been a seven years’ work. He was an enterprising young person. He was strong and energetic. Unfortunately, he has lost his life at a very tender age. When a person is in their 40s, it is their prime. From time to time, when we lose our heroes, we stand up here and heap praise and great words on them and say all their achievements, but it ends there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must come up with clear plans on how to take care of our heroes; people who have made Kenya shine at some level. I condole with the family of the late Benjamin Ayimba. As we prepare to lay Benjamin to rest, we must remember that he incurred a lot of debt as it has been mentioned by several colleagues. He has left behind a young family, a mother who was looking up to him for support. Benjamin’s mother was a single mother who struggled to bring up her four children. Each and every one of Benjamin’s siblings are stable now due to Benjamin’s efforts. He was a very focused young person who knew his mother’s burden and helped her to carry it. As we eulogize the late Benjamin Ayimba, let us remember his family during this time. Let us prepare to give the late Benjamin Ayimba a befitting send off to his final resting place. I condole with the family that he has left behind. I feel very sorry for them. I commit the family to God and believe that they will be granted fortitude at this time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to eulogize the late Benjamin Ayimba."
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