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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, take the nearest available seat. Until his premature demise, the late Hon. Hassan was serving his second term as the Member of Parliament for Banissa Constituency. He was first elected in 2017 on the Economic Freedom Party (EFP) and re-elected in 2022 through the United Democratic Movement (UDM). The late Member will be remembered as a dedicated legislator both in the House and as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, and the Public Accounts Committee. In the 12th Parliament, the late Hon. Hassan diligently served in the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. In him, the people of Banissa Constituency and indeed the country had a devoted, conciliatory, affable and non- confrontational servant leader who cherished peace and always pursued harmonious settlement of issues. His character was defined by humility, high reverence for God and prayerfulness even as attested to by the fact that his untimely death occurred when he was going to the mosque to pray. Although burial rights for our departed colleague were concluded on the day of his demise, on Wednesday, 29th March 2023 according to Islamic traditions, I constituted an adhoc funeral committee in line with Parliamentary Service Commission’s bereavement policy. The Committee, chaired by the Member for Mandera North Constituency, Hon. Major (Rtd) Bashir Abdullahi, MP, continued liaising with the family of the deceased Member and coordinated the National Assembly support to the family. To this end, I thank Hon. Bashir and Hon. Members for according the bereaved family benevolent support in keeping with the traditions of this House. Hon. Members, on behalf of all Members of the National Assembly, the entire Parliamentary fraternity and indeed on my own behalf, I convey our heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Hon. Kulow Maalim Hassan, the people of Banissa Constituency, all his relatives and friends for the loss of such a gallant leader."
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