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    "id": 470029,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 431,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the people of Mombasa, I wish also to register our heartfelt condolences to the family of Mutula the former Senator for Makueni. He was my Minister at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) when he was in the Ministry of Justice National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. For that reason, I will recollect some of our great moments when he was in that Ministry. I will share in what Sen. Orengo has just said that in Mutula we had a man who aspired to do the right thing. In this country, many of us must continue to aspire for that noble goal. He was an inspiration to many. I cannot call him a friend or a compatriot because he has children like Ms. Kethi and Mutula Kilonzo Junior who are about my age mates. He could have been my father. I think Sen. Dullo Adan who was a former commissioner at the KNCHR will recollect that Mutula was, probably, our best Minister during the time we were there. I recall very well that in his first days, he decided to up the budget at the KNCHR because he believed that human rights were the right things and he believed in what we were doing. I believe today we need to eulogise him accurately. Like many of you, I think we saw a pale image of Mutula. I do recall he was seated here when I had gone out to do some logistics work. When I came back he asked me to sit where he was sitting and I said, no, and picked up my i-Pad and proceeded to go and sit next to Sen. Orengo on that particular Wednesday which was the last time I was in the House. We have had several interactions deciding on how to take the Senate agenda forward and, in particular, our roles in the minority. I think he was a great guide constitutionally and legally. I really admired his fierceness of mind even when he was a Minister in the Kibaki Government and even at that point when he was expected to always hold brief for the Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think in many instances he supported us and he was an inspiration to many of us. I just wanted to rectify an impression created by Sen. Muthama that on Thursday between 1.00 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. I sat next to him---"
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