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    "id": 503753,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "and sympathies to the family, friends and the people of Homa Bay for the very sudden demise of our brother, Senator Otieno Kajwang’. I have known the late Senator Otieno Kajwang’ since 2003, when I joined this House. That was his second term and we served in the last Cabinet. We were the last political ministers to be appointed to the Cabinet. I can say that he was a very humble, honest and democratic leader. As many have said, he was fearless and he did not really shy away from saying the truth or from speaking his mind. It has been said that the contributions that the late made in this House, Senate and even outside this House, were very lively. Whenever the late rose to speak, he was a crowd puller. He would make the whole crowd very lively. Hon. Speaker, I want to end by saying that the late died while serving this nation. If you followed the contribution the late was giving yesterday in the Senate, just three hours before he met his death, he was contributing on the issue of security in this country. The proposal the late gave on the amendment of the National Police Service Bill in terms of ensuring that there is enhanced security and protection for Kenyans and their property, you can say he died serving this country. Therefore, I want to join my colleagues in sending my condolences and sympathies to his friends, the people of Homa Bay and Kenyans at large. To the family, we share the pain, we share the grief and we are mourning together. I was saying earlier that Senator Otieno Kajwang’ belonged more to this House than the Senate because he has served in this House for uninterrupted 15 years. It is not really an easy task to get three terms uninterrupted and therefore we owe, as a House, a lot of honour to the people of Mbita as the constituency then and--- Hon. Speaker: Your time is up."
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