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    "id": 1078615,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of my constituency, my family and myself, I wish to pass my heartfelt condolences to the family of Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. I came to Parliament in 2002 and Jakoyo had also just been elected as a first termer. What Hon. Mbadi did not say or did not say properly is that Jakoyo was a good person with a very good heart, and a big heart. When we came in 2002 because I want to be very brief, we were quite a lonely group of young Kenya African National Union (KANU) MPs who had been thrashed. The party had been thrashed in the general election. We were only 68. On the side of NARC, it was very difficult to interact with anybody on that side. They are the ones who were in Government. Remember NARC had just gotten to power. Many of them were fairly new to real power. They were very difficult and sometimes fairly arrogant. The only person who would interact with us across the aisle without a problem was Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. I remember one time we went to his constituency and actually put him into a lot of trouble. Fourteen young Members from KANU visited his constituency and did a Harambee for him because there was nobody else we could interact with in Government. We had been used to power and we had no power any more, and, therefore, very lonely. We went to his constituency and I remember him being summoned and asked why he was behaving in that manner with people from the Opposition. That story went on and on. He was an active Member of the House. Other than being a good debater, he was also a footballer, maybe not a very good footballer. If you get anybody from Nyanza or Western, when they come to Parliament here, they will believe in themselves just because they are very good the other side. He was not a good footballer, but a very social footballer. We would interact very well when we went on trips with him. I will just say he was a good man. Lastly, I wanted to say something about him on a personal level. Many of these MPs have never lost elections. So, they would not know how cold it is to be outside Parliament when you lose an election. I remember when I lost the 2007 election and I had nothing much to do, Jakoyo Midiwo picked me from somewhere and gave me advice on what I could do and make my life useful during that difficult period. I was not ready with all the papers that were required. Because he was a Whip and had some control here and there, he waited for me to do those things that I did. I will not say what it was then. However, part of what sustained me outside this Parliament for five years is as a result of Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. That is what I really wanted to stand and say. If there was anything I could do to say “thank you”, I really want to say “thank you” from the bottom of my heart. To the family, we pray for them and hope that God will..."
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