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"speaker_name": "April 30, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3 Hon. Nyenze",
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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to send my condolences. (Technical hitch) Hon. Mutula Kilonzo was a family friend and also a personal friend. We have lost an icon. He was bright. He was straight talking and forthright. He was a very successful and accomplished lawyer. The record speaks for itself. My condolences go to the people of Mbooni. I want to appeal to the Government that as we wait for the results of the postmortem, no stone should be left unturned. We do not want to speculate, but we feel we have lost a true Kamba son. The region of Ukambani is now mourning because Mutula meant a lot of things to the Kamba Community and I believe to the country too. He was the Minister in charge of justice and he ushered in the new Constitution. There are politicians who have died before. I am talking of people like Pio Gama Pinto, J.M. Kariuki, Prof. Saitoti and others. All these politicians, including Tom Mboya, whenever it is thought it is political assassination reports do not come out â they die midway. We want the Government to go to every detail and make sure that Kenyans know the truth about this particular death. It should not go like the others. It is very surprising that some programmes in the media, for example, Jicho Pevu can try to do more in investigative journalism and give Kenyans more facts about corruption and deaths of persons yet the people who are charged with the responsibility of investigating matters, somewhere along the way disappear. So, for Mutula Kilonzo, we could say that the death was suspect. He suffered no ill health yet he died. We want to appeal to the Government to make sure that the truth comes out and the truth shall set us free. With those few remarks, I rest my case."
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