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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is, indeed, a sombre and a very sad moment for all of us to have learnt of a sudden demise of our colleagues, Mr. Kones and Ms. Laboso. These are people that I have known for a very long time. We have worked together at the Cabinet level and at the local level. Indeed, there were many occasions when the late Kones and I jokingly referred to each other Kones as \"kamama\", meaning that there was a very friendly and relatively good rapport between us. It is even more painful to remember that even in the midst of the clashes that we had recently Mr. Kones, Ms. Laboso, Mr. Ruto and I were able to sit down in very secluded moments in my office and reason together as to how we could resolve the problem that had occurred at our border. What we decided was, in fact, what happened. We walked along both sides of the border talking to our people and appealing to them that we were, indeed, one nation. That helped immensely in returning calm to our people. They played a major role in ensuring that both parties were fully in the picture. For me and this House, it is a loss that we can never forget. Mr. Speaker, Sir, recently His Excellency the President went to Chepilate and Kipkelion. You should have seen the happiness of the people, whom they represented, because they saw their leadership taking charge of their destiny. It is that type of leadership that this nation needs so much. In the heat of the moment, and in a crisis such as the one we had, people can come out and become true arbitrators in a situation of that magnitude. So, I stand here to say that it is only befitting that this honourable House expresses its magnanimous spirit by taking the remaining few hours of today to sympathise and empathise with the families of the late Mr. Kones and Ms. Laboso. They were my neighbours and we knew each other very well. Since last night, people from both sides are experiencing a total loss. They can hardly do anything at the moment until the nation collects itself together. It is a lesson to us, as hon. Members, that service to mankind, honesty and integrity can only be a virtues and not a disappointing attributes for any one of us. I want to appeal to all us that we honour them in the most befitting manner by adjourning the business of this House for the day ."
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