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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sirma",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to support the Motion of adjournment as moved by the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs and seconded by the Prime Minister. It is a sad moment for the people of Kenya this morning and yesterday afternoon. It is a sad moment to the people of the Rift Valley Province. It is shocking that our two colleagues, as they went to campaign for our departed colleagues, left us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I worked with our two departed colleagues very closely. The late hon. Kipkalia Kones was a vibrant politician. He was a fearless man and eloquent speaker who used to June 11, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1123 put his messages across, no matter how others viewed his opinion. In 2002, both the late hon. Laboso and hon. Kones went against the grain in our great Rift Valley Province to stand on parties which we did not believe in at that time. But I believe that even if they lost elections, they came out victorious. This is because those who did not go with them went blindly to the Opposition. They saw the light at the end of the tunnel which we did not see as Members from the region. I want to say the late hon. Kones would put his career on the line to state exactly what he believed in. I know that the late hon. Kones stood for unity, the disadvantaged and the rights of all. He was a good leader. I was with him before he left for South Africa. He had promised that he was coming back to campaign in both Ainamoi and Kilogoris by-elections. I did not know that on his way to the final stretch of the Ainamoi by-elections, he was going to leave us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the late Laboso was a good politician. She was ever happy, jovial and believed in herself. Being the first woman to be elected in the greater Kericho, the late Laboso gave other women the courage that it was possible to have a woman leader from the region. As we mourn the two leaders, we request that investigations into this incident be carried out thoroughly. The reports of these investigations should not be taken to the shelves where reports of other investigations have ended up. We lost Members in the Busia plane crash and we have never seen a report. We have also not seen subsequent investigations. We are always told that \"investigations are going on\". Police have kept secret even matters which we need to know as Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that you will take the lead to ensure that the reports of the investigations are made public through the Floor of this House. We stand together as the people of the Rift Valley Province and we stand together as the people of Kenya to mourn our two departed colleagues. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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