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    "id": 486441,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, let me also take this chance to sincerely send condolences of the constituency of Bondo. Bondo Constituency, as it is currently, was part of the bigger Bondo Constituency at the time Mwalimu Hezekiah was the Member of Parliament for the area. We really want to remember him as a person of courage. He was a humble gentleman who has lived a very humble life since 1981 when he resigned from this House. He has been in many development activities in the area regardless of whether he hailed from Asembo, Rarieda or Bondo. I want to take this chance, as a Member of Parliament from the area that he represented, to send my heartfelt condolences from myself and from the citizens of Bondo Constituency. As has been mentioned by Eng. Gumbo, the kind of courage that Hezekiah showed was only shown one other time in history by the Member for Fort Hall, hon. Kariuki Njiiri. Circumstances had changed a little bit and the late Jomo Kenyatta had to come to Parliament but was not an elected leader. The area where the former President came from, had a Member of Parliament at that time who was not ready to step down from his position. So, the Member for Fort Hall, Kariuki Njiiri, accepted to step down from his position. That was the only difference; the late Ougo represented Bondo Constituency at a time when there was a very serious need for the late Jaramoji Oginga Odinga wanted to fit into the political arrangement of the time; the late Hezekiah Ougo decided to resign. I want to pray that God rests his soul in peace. Thank you."
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