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    "id": 503577,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me also take this opportunity this afternoon to also convey my condolences and those of the people of Bomet on the demise of a colleague and friend, the Senator for Homa Bay, Sen. Kajwang. I did not get to know Sen. Kajwang for a very long time, but I had the great opportunity to be with him for a whole week as we joined the Speaker of the Senate in a visit to Estonia along with Sen. Boy Juma Boy and Sen. ole Ndiema. We were there for one week where we shared a lot and performed the duties which we were supposed to perform in Estonia. For me, it gave me an opportunity to have a close association and relation with Sen. Kajwang. He was happy and able to express himself. This was one moment where I found Sen. Kajwang to be completely different from what I knew him before. To me, his size was very intimidating because he was a very huge man while I was small. I always thought that he would intimidate me, but the friendliness that I got from him during the five days we were together gave me courage as we continued to work together. I came to know on this day that there was a person in him who was also as elementary as any human being. We talked about the eucalyptus trees that he plants in his home area and I was interested because I also plant trees. We encouraged ourselves about a lot of things. Therefore, it was such a shock and surprise when I got the news very early in the morning that Sen. Kajwang whom we were with until yesterday evening, at 6.30 p.m. had gone to rest. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the last few weeks, one of the motivational speakers from the Bahamas by the name Myles Munroe was here. He was one of the motivational speakers who always spoke about death. Many times, he said that the richest place in any city is the cemetery. This is because many people go to the cemetery when they are still full of ideas and dreams. The same speaker said that it was better to die empty. I want to believe that while we are still on earth, we want to discharge; give out everything that you have so that we can go to the grave empty. The people who will remain will be richer because we would have discharged all our responsibilities and duties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senator was very famous for “ Bado"
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