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    "id": 196590,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, as all of you are aware, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Samuel Waweru Ndindiri, EGH, passed on, on Thursday, 3rd, April 2008 at the Nairobi Hospital following an illness. Mr. Ndindiri was born on the 28th of April 1949 in Ndwitha Sub-Location, Komothai Location of Kiambu District. The late Ndindiri joined Parliament in 1974 as a Clerk Assistant after graduating from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Arts Degree the same year. He rose through the ranks in the National Assembly to the position of Deputy Clerk. He was transferred to the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife in 1994 as a Deputy Secretary. He was later transferred to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Energy, where he served in the same capacity until he was appointed the Clerk of the National Assembly on the 23rd, June 1999. The late Ndindiri was buried on Friday, 11th April, 2008 at his Komothai Farm. Among those who attended the burial were the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, the Prime Minister, the hon. Raila Odinga, the Speaker of the National Assembly, hon. Kenneth Marende and the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, hon. Farah Maalim. Over 20 other hon. Members of Parliament and staff of the National Assembly also attended the burial at Komothai. The late Ndindiri made immense contribution to the institution of Parliament during his parliamentary career, spanning 34 years. Mr. Ndindiri was a dedicated parliamentary officer who will be remembered for his humility, commitment to duty and patience, as was witnessed during the swearing-in ceremony of hon. Members of the Tenth Parliament on 15th, January 2008. His performance in managing the proceedings on this occasion earned him praise and admiration from within and outside the country. Hon. Members, Mr. Samuel Ndindiri was a member of the Society of the Clerks-at-the- Table in the Commonwealth Parliaments for 34 years. He was also a member of the Association of the Secretaries-General in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), where he served as an Executive Committee Member, a post he was going to hand over in Cape Town, South Africa, last week during the 118th IPU Conference. He was also the Secretary of our Parliamentary Service 426 Commission (PSC) from 1999. On behalf of the hon. Members and staff of the National Assembly, and on my own behalf, I wish to convey our heartfelt condolences and deep sense of loss following"
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