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    "id": 503440,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I have a communication to make. Hon. Senators, it is with a very heavy heart that I rise to issue this communication to inform you of the untimely demise of our colleague, the Senator for Homa Bay County, Sen. Gerald Otieno Kajwang. Most of you by now are privy to the news of the passing on of the Hon. Senator. Sen. Kajwang passed on last night at around 11.30 p.m. at The Mater Hospital in Nairobi where he was rushed for treatment by family members after complaining of breathing problems and chest pains at his Nairobi home. Sen. Kajwang was born on 2nd July 1956 in Waondo Village in Mbita, Homa Bay County. He went to Waondo Primary School, Mbita High School and Maseno School, before joining the University of Nairobi and later Makerere University where he graduated with a degree in law in 1982. He was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya in March 1984, after which he started private legal practice. Hon. Senators, the late Sen. Kajwang was first elected to Parliament in December 1997 to represent Mbita Constituency. During his first term as a Member of Parliament (MP), the late Kajwang served as the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on the Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs, Member of the Liaison Committee and Member of the Standing Orders Committee. The late Kajwang was re-elected to represent Mbita Constituency in the Ninth Parliament of 2003 to 2007. During this term, he was a Member of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and the Standing Orders Committee. In the Tenth Parliament of 2008 to 2013, the late Kajwang, who had been re-elected for a third term, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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