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    "id": 470050,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion and offer my condolences to the family on behalf of my family and the people of Nyeri County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the late Sen. Mutula Kilonzo, stood out distinctly because of his issues of principle. He was a man who stood for what he believed and it is a rare thing in politics. I say so in front of many politicians. It is very easy in politics to become a wishy-washy person because the demands on us are so much that it takes a rare person to stand up and be counted in the manner in which the late Senator did. He was a person that we should emulate and look up to. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not surprised that some of the Senators who have contributed to this Motion have actually said that they became lawyers because of the late Mutula Kilonzo. But one of the characteristics that comes out very clearly, and has just been mentioned by the previous speaker, is that as leaders we should never be so engrossed in our importance or who we are in terms our positions as Senators, Members of Parliament or other leaders, to the extent that we lose ourselves in the process. Too many of us---"
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