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    "id": 503565,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Life is so fickle and death is such a thief. Death steals from battle grounds, poor families and from a House of Parliament like this one and takes away gallant leaders and contributors of debate with content and quality like our departed brother, Sen. Kajwang. I want to condole with the late Sen. Kajwang’s family in a very special way. I see a paradox of--- About one year ago when I was a new Senator, I happened to take a flight from Mombasa to Nairobi with the late Sen. Kajwang. As we embarked on the flight, Sen. Kajwang called me to his seat. As we were debating, he told me; “Sen. Wamatangi, the walls that have been erected as political differences between us are imaginary and one day, we must break them.” Those were his words. Yesterday, which was the last day that Sen. Kajwang was alive, he was my guest at my county. In the morning, as we were heading towards Kikuyu with the Committee on Roads and Transportation, we did not know that Sen. Kajwang would be joining the group. Therefore we grouped together and before we left, he came on his own. We were joined by Sen. Kajwang and were very glad to have a good number. We had a cup of coffee and tea at Java and then proceeded to Kikuyu. I want, on behalf of the people of Kikuyu and Kiambu County to pay special tribute to Sen. Kajwang and to thank him. As we were debating and discussing how we would resolve the issue of the bad road in Kikuyu, he is the one who came up with the tie breaker. As we were discussing the matter with Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on the way forward, he said that they had agreed that the road would be done and a lane to go into the town will be provided. That was it and we had a solution. We left to come back to Nairobi. It is also amazing how God gives us an opportunity on the last day of our lives to roll out who we really are and what we have been here for. In the morning, when we went to Kikuyu, the last portrait we took of Sen. Kajwang was one where he was wearing a helmet and an overall to show that he was at work. This was in absolute contradiction that he was not at work in Homa Bay but in Kikuyu, Kiambu. From there, he had an opportunity to come to this House 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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