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    "id": 503744,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "I want to say that Otieno Kajwang’ was a great democrat who will be missed across the aisle and was a person who did what he believed in. It is really strange that last night I was with him. We even shared a table for a long time; up to 8.30 p.m. at the Parliament Lounge. I want to say pole sana to the people of Mbita, hon. T. J. Kajwang’ and to the family. I would also like to say that as we mourn Kajwang’, let us do some soul searching. As Members of Parliament and of this House, how much can we accept to be ruthless with one another? I doubt if Kajwang’ would have accepted what has happened today. I hope and pray, like another member said, that for the sake of Kajwang’, let us suspend some of these things we are doing which injure one another. This is because today it will be me, tomorrow it will be you and the day after it could be the originator. I am saying this because we have gone on a road that nobody has tried before and one thing that I respected Kajwang’ for was that he could not condemn you unheard. Kajwang’ was a democrat. I remember one time when we were confronted by the police when we were at Uhuru Park. It took very few of us to be able to confront the police after they had killed seven young people in cold blood on Saba Saba day in 1997. So, all I say is that we need to be bold and allow dialogue in our Republic and more specifically in this House because if we do not do that, we will be a bad example to the Republic of Kenya and to the citizens of this country. With those few remarks, I say pole sana to the people of Mbita and pole sana to hon. Kajwang’s family. Thank you."
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