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    "content": "We then went to Bomas, things were worse. There was passion and fury at Bomas. We then went into a referendum where they went for oranges, but we were with bananas. We then went into the 2007 Election which was the worst because it led to post election violence, almost tearing this country apart. However, God was with this country. We came back together in 2008 and we became Ministers in the Grand Coalition Government. God put us together again at Nyayo House. I was a neighbour to Kajwang. He was the Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons while I was the Minister for Energy. We shared the same building and we kept on talking a lot. We were good friends and worked very well together for those five years. The Grand Coalition Government delivered. It was good that all the forces were there. We fell apart again during elections, but met here at the Senate. Here at the Senate, we reconnected. We have been working closely together in the Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Committee. We have travelled to China, India and had great moments with Sen. Kajwang a month ago. I remember the chats we used to have to review our history and wondered what it was all about. I can even disclose that Kajwang told me that he will always die for Raila Odinga because he knew that without Raila, he could not have been a Senator. He was that frank. He knew I was for Uhuru Kenyatta, but this did not create any divisions between us. We talked about elections. Kajwang had proposed that since it is elections which make us fight, why can we not outsource the service? He said that we should get an external body to manage our elections, so that all these issues are done away with. We also talked about the issue of referendum. The late Sen. Kajwang thought that we, in the Jubilee, should join the referendum so that we strengthen the Senate. I told him that we should go the Inter-Parties Parliamentary Group (IPPG) way where we will sit down, look at the Constitution and see what we can amend because it has provisions in the Constitution. We do not need to tear the country and go into enormous---- We have done it before. These were discussions we had with Sen. Kajwang. I remember one evening Sen. Kajwang saying that for him it is better a short enjoyable life. He would ask: Why have a long life plagued by all manner of diseases and a lot of suffering, why not a nice quick life then you go? We were having a glass of wine. This is the life Sen. Kajwang has lived. This is a man who has enjoyed his life. We had come to connect more closely, especially since my daughter got married in his county, he started calling me Nyawana. My daughter is married in Kabondo. He taught me a few words in Dholuo language. We were now relating as in-laws. So, allow me to send my most dear condolences to the family of my in-laws. May God rest him in internal peace."
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