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    "id": 503765,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I wish to join my colleagues in sending my condolences. On behalf of the people Balambala Constituency and to the family of the late hon. Otieno Kajwang’, I want to say that indeed Kenya has lost a very able leader. He was a staunch believer in a good future for this country. Hon. Speaker, I have had the honour of serving with hon. Kajwang’ at least in the last two years where we were working very closely with him on the issues and matters concerning our coalition. We spent many days and nights out there as we were going about strategising for the future of our coalition. I can tell you that I got to know a man who wishes this country well. When I asked him when he will stop singing his “ Mapambano ” he said that he will stop singing “ Mapambano ” the day he believes that Kenya will have achieved full democracy and true implementation of good governance. He was not a person who would easily be pulled away by either ethnic or political affiliations. He meant well for all of us and the generations of Kenyans to come. I must say that it is a very sad day. I want to condole the people of Mbita and Homa Bay County very much. Indeed, they have lost a leader whom we agree that he was probably only comparable to the likes of Tom Mboya, as my good friend, hon. John Mbadi, has said. I want to say that those of us who have had an opportunity to work closely with him and the many Kenyans he has worked for, we sincerely wish to thank him very much. On behalf of the people of northern Kenya, I want to say that in his time as a Minister for Immigration, he was the first Minister who abolished the very unfortunate discrimination against Somali Kenyans in terms of getting their national identity cards and passports. We acknowledge and appreciate it and we sincerely thank him for that work. On this very sad day, we stand to console with the family and friends and particularly hon. T. J. Kajwang’, our colleague who has lost his very able brother. With those few remarks, hon. Speaker, I sincerely console the family of the late hon. Otieno Kajwang’."
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