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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to join my colleagues in paying tribute to my departed friend. On behalf of the people of Kitui County, I want to send my deepest condolences to the family of the late Mutula Kilonzo and also to the people of Makueni who elected him only recently with many votes. The late Mutula Kilonzo was many things; first and foremost, he was a family man. He was a very successful lawyer as has already been stated by his colleagues. He was a successful businessman and a fearless politician. I want to specifically thank him for the role he played as Secretary-General of the Wiper Democratic Movement, a party of which I am Chairman. His contribution to that party will never be forgotten. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the late Mutula Kilonzo was passionate about the welfare of the people he served and, indeed, the people of Kenya. You will recall during the Ninth Parliament I was a lone voice in urging the release of certificates for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations which had been withheld on account of school fees balances. The late Mutula was the Minister and he offered one of his sons Mutula Junior to go to court with me to sue the Government so that these certificates could be released and they were released. Many Kenyans benefitted. Recently before we left the National Assembly, the late Mutula brought the Kenya Examinations Council Bill in the House and I persuaded him to make an amendment in that Bill to outlaw the withholding of certificates of KCSE. That amendment went through with his support. The tribute that I would like the Ministry of Education to pay to the late Sen. Kilonzo is to ensure that that amendment is implemented because even as we speak, those certificates are being withheld and it was the wish of Sen. Kilonzo that the poor children of Kenya whose certificates are withheld by Principals of schools for non-payment of school fees balances are released. As of now, they have not been released. I send my condolences to the widow and the family."
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