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    "id": 503776,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in expressing my condolences to our departed colleague. On my own behalf and that of the people of Rarieda and my own family, I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of our brother, the late Gerald Otieno Kajwang’. I am among the last people who shared a platform with him on Friday when we had our discussion as ODM in Homa Bay. He was ebullient as usual and in very high spirits. A lot has been said about him. I do not want to repeat what my colleagues have said except to say that in the death of Kajwang’, the people of Kenya, the CORD fraternity, ODM, Homa Bay County and Mbita have lost a true maverick. I want to correct what was said by my good friend, hon. Mbadi. Kajwang’ actually came from Rarieda Constituency. So, he is not a Suba. Having said that, we all have a lot to learn from him. In most of his political pronouncements, he quoted extensively from the Bible. What I learnt from him is that he lived by the Bible verse which says that you either blow hot or cold, but never lukewarm. That is what we, as politicians, stand to learn from this maverick true son of Kenya, true defender of justice and democracy and a real ODM steward. In the death of Kajwang’, we, as the CORD fraternity, have lost a soldier you can depend on. I was with him on Friday, it is so sad because it feels we went to battle together, but unfortunately, my brother got felled by the weighing side. May the Almighty God rest his soul in eternal peace."
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