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    "id": 1164824,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for your protection. The people of Migori are engulfed in grief. The late Sen. (Dr.) Wilfred Machage was a leader that we had a lot of respect for. You will recall that his election to the Senate was as a result of the Azimio of the people of Migori. The people met and agreed that the late Sen. (Dr.) Machage deserved to be the Senator. At the time of his election, there was no opposition in Orange Democratic Party (ODM). He later decided to run for a National Assembly seat, which was the subject matter of a different competition. The people of Migori, who unanimously elected him as a Senator, have lost a wonderful person, a leader, a friend, a parent, an in-law, businessperson and professional. We are grieving as a people. We are happy to receive condolences from colleagues who served with him here. I also served with him in the National Assembly. I inspired and recruited him to join politics. I was his tenant before joining politics ahead of him. I lived in a house that had been built by him when I was practicing law in Migori and Nairobi. He was a wonderful landlord. Later on, I also became his advocate and represented him and his companies when he had issues with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). Therefore, we were close professionally. He was a professional practitioner of Medicine, while I practiced law. We shared many things in terms of how to handle politics and our people. When I was compelled to leave my Cabinet post for reasons I do not want to explain today, he was appointed to take that place in our great County of Migori. When I left Cabinet as the Minister for Sports, he took over and we continued working together. While we were together in the National Assembly and I was the Minister for Energy, he pointed out to me the places that required electrification in the great society of"
}