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    "id": 503515,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Muriuki Ngare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to express my sincere condolences to the family of our departed colleague. I have known Sen. Kajwang since 1998 when I was elected for the first time to the National Assembly. I believe that he was also elected for the first time to the National Assembly then. Since that time, whether in the National Assembly, the tea place or outside in the podium, Sen. Kajwang has been known to be a very jolly person. It is actually very difficult not to admire him; whatever side of the political persuasion you belong. His contributions varied between being comical and humorous. Perhaps, I will not say very much about his personal achievement having listened to the very well written or presented account of Sen. Kajwang; his achievements as a Member of Parliament and as a Minister of the Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently, we were in a retreat in Mombasa. In one of the sessions, we had the Members who were present engage the media for a while on the lack of reporting on the Senate. We told them that they are not reporting the Senate enough and not noticing what we are doing. A very eloquent lady from one of the media houses was quite straightforward. She said: “Well, sometimes, you do not have material for us to write, but whenever Sen. Kajwang speaks, we must write because of the way he presents it”. Sen. Kajwang stood up immediately and told the gathering that, perhaps, it is not so much about the substance of what you are talking about, but how you present it. The media went on to say: “Yes, because of the way Sen. Kajwang presents himself, he always makes headlines” We found ourselves bargaining with the media that: “Well, use Sen. Kajwang as headlines and also write about some of us who have a point below there in that article.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must recognise that the death of Sen. Kajwang is a loss to the family, the people of Mbita, which I believe was his grooming in politics and 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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