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    "id": 1078627,
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    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker. With a very heavy heart, I cannot believe I stand here this afternoon to talk about Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo aka Otada. In the last campaigns I used to call him ‘Otada times four’. It is so saddening that he is now being called the late Jakoyo Midiwo. I believe that one day even death will die. Jakoyo was so friendly, so honest and so forthright. In 2012 when I was running to be Member of Parliament for Ugenya, he met me at the airport. I was fighting with my current Senator on whether I should run for Member of Parliament or not because we both come from the same ward. Jakoyo said, “This young man has been fighting for so long to be Member of Parliament and he has done so many things. Why are you fighting him?” He even left a glass of wine at the table at the Intercontinental Hotel when it was apparent that I had won the nomination and rushed to pick my ODM ticket. He then advised me to go to court after the ticket was given to somebody else. I got the ticket. Jakoyo was so generous, not just with what he had but with words and advice. Hon. Speaker, he was such a good mentor. He would tell you: “I know you are hard-headed but this is the right thing to do”. If I may joke about it, he told me: “David, you are a young man. You are going to have many girls around you. When you are in the constituency, if you want to keep your dignity and record straight, never allow any woman to enter your car.” Hon. Speaker, I have never allowed any lady in my constituency to enter my car."
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