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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also join my colleague, Hon. Irene Mayaka, in condoling the family of Hon. Elijah Osiemo, a young man serving as the Leader of the Majority Party in Nyamira County Assembly. Yesterday, I took time to visit the survivors of the accident - Hon. Duke and Hon. Pricilla - as they recuperate in one of the hospitals in Nairobi. The stories they gave us of how the accident occurred were very chilling. They were not interesting to hear. Road carnage is quite a disaster in this country. It has claimed a leader in his 30s. If Hon. Elijah Osiemo was given an opportunity to serve as the Leader of the Majority Party of a County Assembly at that tender age, in itself, it describes the kind of person that he was. He was quite industrious. He went out of his way to become the Leader of the Majority Party, yet he had no history of ancestral leadership. He stood out from his village and campaigned against all odds without resources to become an MCA. Again, He campaigned within the Assembly without resources and serious backing. He was unanimously given the position by the Majority side and was voted in as the Leader of the Majority Party by his colleagues. It will interest you to know that even when he was traveling, he boarded a vehicle of a nominated MCA colleague. He did not use his official vehicle. They were four in the vehicle, the driver included. They traveled in one vehicle together. It was quite unfortunate that when The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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