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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have been sitting here trying to find the right words because sadness and shock does not cover it. I am still feeling a bit sick to my stomach as I stand with the idea that Marya is not here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the very first day that I walked into the Senate and Parliament in general, Marya was the first person that I met. She was one of the first persons to call me Senator. She was the one who stood here with me for over an hour, helping to rehearse before my swearing in. She is the one who was calming my nerves, telling me, “You will do great, Senator.” We have an inside joke actually, that I was one of the few Senator that she has ever seen in her time here that actually pronounced the word “conscientiously” correctly during oath. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in one of the first workshops that we had in Mombasa, it was Marya who stood up for me in meetings and said: “Why do we not ask Sen. Crystal Asige to Chair one of these sessions?” That was the first and only session that I have ever chaired since becoming a Senator. It was because of Marya; because she saw me out of everybody else. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just recently as Azimio was rearranging the committee membership; I remember sitting in the Senate lounge and trying to think which committee might I want to offer myself to. Marya came and sat down with me and I asked her what she thought. She said, “Senator, I think you should try one of the big ones. Do not be scared. I think you will do great on the Speaker’s Panel.” I said no---"
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