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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kipchumba",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to join my colleagues and the whole nation in condoling a hero. On behalf of my family, myself and the fraternity of people with disabilities, I wish to mention two issues that the late Senator was very passionate and supportive of. We, the persons with disabilities, always called him “the disability champion”. Whenever we had issues, I can remember way back in the 1997 you would call some young lawyers and ask them issues of persons with disability---- A lot of pro bono services were offered because of him. People with disabilities remember him during the constitutional review process. He was very pertinent in seeing to it that the gains of persons with disabilities are entrenched in the Constitution. I remember being part of the team that came up with issues of disabilities. In Kiswahili, he said; “ nyinyi walemavu mtasurvive kukiwa na Bill of Rights .” Without it, you will not survive. Therefore, the Bill of Rights, Chapter Four, is where the hearts and lives of people with disabilities are and he championed it. Secondly, he championed the Education Bill and especially the draft that was not able to go through; the Learners with Disabilities Bill. He was always in consultation with our disability caucuses on the implementation of the Constitution, and he provided guidance whenever we had issues. So, on behalf of the people with disabilities, we will cherish the legacy he has left behind and we believe that the foundation he laid for us was what has made it real for some of us to be here. It is sad that it had to end this way. We pray for the family and for the people of Makueni. We pray that deaths that are suspicious will come to an end in this country."
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