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    "id": 503803,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, first, I would like to thank you for being magnanimous and extending the time for this particular condolences period. On my own behalf, on behalf of the people of Ndhiwa and on behalf of the Parliamentary Human Rights Association that I convene, I wish to pass condolences to the family, friends, the Senate and entire country for the loss of Otieno Kajwang’. My last moment with hon. Kajwang’ was at 8.30 p.m. last evening at the Members Lounge, where we chatted. I had a long conversation with him, as my, in the Members Lounge. When I was called at 1.00 a.m. to be informed of his death, it explained to me how elusive this thing called “life” is all about, because we had just had very interesting moments together for such a long time. Hon. Speaker, since 1.00 am, we have been with his family at the Mater Hospital. I joined the family for the whole morning up to about 8.00 a.m., when the body was transferred to the Lee Funeral Home. The sort of eulogy that mourners went to pour on the late hon. Kajwang’ at the Mater Hospital shows that he was a man of exemplary character. It was emotional, moving and the longest couple of hours I have ever spent in any particular morning. It is a great man that we lost. My first meeting with hon. Kajwang’ was in 1992 when Ndhiwa was having a by- election. He was at that point campaigning for the FORD Kenya candidate. The then Member for Parliament had defected to KANU. It is the boldness of character and the sort of questions that they were asking that made politics then look very appetising. Hon. Orengo and he ended up in prison for a couple of days, having talked very badly about the Moi regime. That made our politics look very attractive. That is how some of us ended up in those particular regimes. Hon. Speaker, I would like to speak very much but because time is running out, I would just like to say that hon. Kajwang’ achieved several great things, which makes it possible for some of us who will live long after him to appreciate that it is possible to achieve so much. The only thing that follows mourners in a particular funeral is the character of a man. I hope that the character of hon. Kajwang’; loyalty and bravery, will follow us in a couple of days. Like all those gone before, hon. Kajwang’ now belongs to the ages and may he rest in peace!"
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