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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I stand here to speak about the two departed colleagues to whom I have special attachments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, last saturday I travelled to the late Laboso's homecoming function. She sent a message asking me to travel with the late hon. Kones to her home. Hon Kones was to arrive from South Africa. I missed the late hon. Kones and travelled by road to Narok. I awaited for the late Laboso there. She joined me and we travelled in a convoy to her home. On the same Saturday, four of us and a few other people from her home area, we had lunch with the Prime Minister and his wife. Later on, the late hon. Kones joined us. In fact, he was the one who invited me to give my speech in that function. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Sunday, the late Laboso joined us at hon. Mwathi's homecoming party. Then, we agreed to meet in her office yesterday at 8.30 a.m. At exactly 8.25 a.m., the late Laboso called me and told me that she was still struggling with traffic and she would be in her office at a round 8.30 a.m. At 8.35 a.m., I arrived at her office and we were served with tea. I asked for a cup of milo. I want to confess that, in fact, she was the one who served me with that cup of milo. We had a chat and while we were talking, hon. Kones telephoned hon. Laboso. They talked about this trip and she made a joke to me by asking me to join them in that trip. I also made a joke by telling her that if I joined the trip, I would campaign for the PNU candidate but not their candidate. We ended our conversation there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to say that from the time I came to this House, I found the late hon. Laboso to be a different person. She was an outgoing and clear minded person to her colleagues. She was a person of a very strong character. The same applies to Mr. Kones. The country is now on its knees, praying. I want to request all Kenyans to pray for their souls. May God rest their souls in eternal peace. It is my sincere hope, as my colleagues have said, that proper investigations will be conducted so as to come up with a conclusive report on what caused their deaths. We are not 1124 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 11, 2008 scared of dying, however, we do not want to die mysteriously. We want to die because God has called us into His Kingdom. With those few words, I support the Adjournment Motion."
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