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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me, on behalf of the people of Yatta, to offer my condolence to the families of hon. Prof. George Saitoti, hon. Orwa Ojode, the two pilots; Supt. Nancy Gituanja, Supt. Luke Oyugi and the two body guards: Inspector Joshua Tonkei and Sergeant Thomas Murimi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this nation and this Parliament, indeed, have lost great leaders. We all know hon. Saitoti. Some of us, because of age, he is more like a father. Hon. Orwa Ojode, although he was older than me, I can say he was my elder brother. This House and the Back Bench does know that. Hon. Orwa Ojode, alone in this House, could virtually answer any question from any Member of Parliament. In fact, he kept the Back Bench - in a good way - at bay on behalf of the Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometimes, we used to wonder why the Government was so relaxed. It is because they knew hon. Ojode would handle any case on security. A good case is when officers from the CID sub-crime unit were dismissed from the Police Force and we brought the Question here. Hon. Ojode told me: “I want to look at this matter privately. Please, give me any information that you have.” When he looked at the issues which I had, he told me one thing: “Even before that Question comes, I will make sure that I talk to the powers-that-be and those four officers will be reinstated; and they will not be transferred, they will go straight back to their offices.” That shows you what kind of a person hon. Orwa Ojode was; it was not about answering Questions, but it"
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