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    "content": "used the words “tumekuja kupambana na shida za hii barabara.” The people connected with it. Some of us were trying to give so long a story that the people were not even able to listen to. Sen. Kajwang, of course, was my senior. When I was a young lawyer, we would meet in court and he never intimidated us, the way other senior lawyers would do. Some would find us sitting in the front row and say: “Give us space.” The late Senator would not tell you to go to the back row. He would always encourage you. At times whenever you were not prepared for your case and asked for more time to prepare he would say:- “Fine, you can get the adjournment. Let us meet on another date.” Of course, you would meet and the rule of law would carry the day. That was very encouraging. Later on when he joined politics, I was elected to the Council of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). I would occasionally meet him. At one time, I asked him: “Hon. Kajwang, why are you not engaging in LSK issues anymore? Do you not know that you will come back and practice in future?” He told me:- “No! Politics is so sweet.” I asked him: “Why?” He told me: “There we just do politicking without formulas. I do not want these civil procedures of yours. You tell me to follow a straight line from point “A” to “B.” I got interested and curious to know what politics was all about. Later on, he was elected while I was nominated to the Senate, of course, by the Wiper Party. We found ourselves on one side as CORD, not that it mattered. We were both nominated to serve in the Committee on Roads and Infrastructure and joined other colleagues like Sen. Chris Obure, Sen. Keter, Sen. Wamatangi and our Chair, Sen. Abu Chiaba. They are so experienced in this field but they agreed to elect me as their Vice- Chairperson and have really given me support. Sen. Kajwang would fight for the rights of his people of Mbita and other places. You would see that he knew what he was doing."
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