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    "id": 1338030,
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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onesmus Ngogoyo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 259D to report the demise of the late Hon. Philip Lepish Odupoy, former Member of Parliament for Kajiado North Constituency, which was then Kajiado East, Kajiado West and the current Kajiado North. He passed away on 5th October 2023 at MP Shah Hospital while undergoing treatment. In 1983, Hon. Philip Odupoy vied for the Kajiado North Constituency seat for the first time and won, thereby, serving for the term of the 5th Parliament. On 15th August, he was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Finance and Planning, and later served in the Ministry of Water. He was an astute legislator whose contributions to Parliament, both in committees and plenary, were invaluable. His colleagues held him in high esteem. The late Philip Odupoy later left the political arena and transitioned to management of different companies in Naivasha, and later businesses in Kiserian. Hon. Speaker and Members, in his death, we celebrate the life of a well-respected leader and a successful farmer, who laid the foundation for dairy farming in Kiserian Town - my home town - and Kajiado North Constituency. On my own behalf and that of the people of Kajiado North, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Odupoy for the loss of a remarkable leader. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the personal support that you have provided to his family. I beseech the leadership of the House to find it appropriate to mobilise Members of the House, and by extension, the Government, to step in and assist the bereaved family to accord our departed colleague a decent send-off. It is worth noting that he stopped being a Member of Parliament in the year that I was born. He was a great leader who served Kajiado North Constituency in a very great way. With those many remarks, on behalf of Kajiado North Constituency, I say pole to the family of the late Hon. Philip Lepish Odupoy."
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