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    "id": 1492756,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for allowing me to eulogise the former Minister for Education, the late Peter Oloo Aringo. I join my brother, Hon. Atandi, in mourning that great Kenyan. The late Hon. Peter Oloo Aringo brought the Government to the grassroots. When he was in charge of the Ministry of Education, the Government was felt even at the lowest levels because of his enormous presence. Growing up in the village in the depths of Kilifi, we knew one Peter Oloo Aringo as a Minister who was in control of a ministry. Our Cabinet Secretaries need to learn from him. We have Cabinet Secretaries in this country whom even the people here in Nairobi do not know them. They do not know them for anything. Peter Oloo Aringo exhibited what a government minister was. He was not known because of what he said, but because of what he did in the Ministry of Education and the policies that were associated with him. Everything else was associated with him. We felt what the Government was at the lowest levels. This is a good lesson that we must learn from a giant of a hero like him. Secondly, he taught us something called loyalty in politics. When you are given an opportunity to serve in the Government, you should do so with loyalty to the appointing authority and all Kenyans. Do not serve just a section of the country. This is one of the greatest leadership lessons we learn from him. He never championed the rights of a certain region but for every Kenyan child. As I finish, I want to commend Hon. Millie Odhiambo. I know she is affected by his death. I want to tell her that she looks very smart. I do not know who is taking her out on a date. I wish I was the one. May the soul of Hon. Peter Oloo Aringo rest in eternal peace. Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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