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    "id": 503821,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms. Khamisi",
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        "legal_name": "Mishi Juma Khamisi",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker Sir. I also want to join my colleagues in passing my sincere condolences to the people and the family of hon. Otieno Kajwang’. I want to say I knew hon. Otieno Kajwang’ when I was a youth in the LDP Party and he used to call me Nyamombasa . Hon. Otieno Kajwang’ was a remarkable person who spoke clearly and stood firmly with two principles; the principle of democracy and the rule of law. He fought so many battles, be it arguments, conflicts and even division. He never shied away from any kind of fight. The ODM members and the CORD fraternity; we have been left poorer because of the departure of this remarkable pillar and patriotic Kenyan. But, we still take courage especially when we remember when he used to sing the “ Mapambano” song and the slogan “ aluta continua,” that the struggle will still continue. As Winston Churchill puts it, there are some politicians who will make weather, and indeed hon. Otieno Kajwang made the weather in the political arena. He made history. I want to say, sometimes there are things which happen and they happen with a purpose. I also join hon. Sakaja and say that irrespective of being in different political parties and coalitions, we need to be brothers and sisters. I am happy today to see that everybody is passing sincere condolences to the bereaved family of hon. Kajwang’ and even the people of Homa Bay County. They say that there is an hour and a day whereby everybody is going to depart from this world and yesterday was the day and the hour for hon. Otieno Kajwang’. I want to say Mheshimiwa, you made history and a lot of reforms especially in the reform agenda of this country; from the struggle for multiparty politics to the struggle for having a new constitution which has been driven by the people of Kenya. We really thank you so much for this and that is why as Christians we say in God we came and in God we are going to go back. The Muslims say, “ Inna lillahi wa innailaihi rajiun”. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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