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    "content": "Immigration. He was, indeed, a selfless leader and servant of the people. He was a committed, fearless, frank and jovial person. He was also an eloquent and patriotic Kenyan. All of us know him for the clarion call of “ Bado mapambano. ” If you had never met him in private, you would mistake him for a combatant. But when you sat with him in the evenings, he was full of “ mapendano.” He was, indeed, a person who loved friends and his country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, yesterday, he sat behind me as he was listening to the Bill by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo on the National Police Service, which I seconded. He asked me for a pen, through Sen. Boy Juma Boy, to prepare his notes. I gave him a pen but I forgot to take it back from him and walked away. But what surprises me is that he gave the pen to Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in the evening and told him to make sure that he gives it to me today. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has just given me the pen two minutes ago. We had agreed to meet in the morning as Members of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to tackle issues with the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries regarding the problems facing maize in the country including delayed purchase of maize, issues of sugar and tea. We were expecting him this morning but we never saw him and there we are. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, he was an eloquent person, he knew how to put his words across. In Mombasa, he really tickled us when he quoted one leader who saw a desperate situation and said OAU is a toothless dog that does not bite and somebody replied that at least it is a dog that barks and we went into laughter. That was Sen. Kajwang. He is a leader that we will all miss. When we were in China and India, he was very passionate about two things for himself and for his constituents. I knew this when I worked in the Ministry of Livestock Development, when he led a delegation of fishermen seeking cold rooms for his people at the beach. When we were in India, he was saying he would like two things for himself and his constituents; one of them is afforestation because there is land and he would like it to be utilized. The second thing was about fish farming. He was very passionate that Lake Victoria should be used to capture fish for farming, whereby you would capture fish, put them in a cage and grow them."
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