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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity, on behalf of the people of Ugunja and on my own behalf, to pass my condolences and commiserate with the people of Kabete and the families of hon. Muchai and his three assistants. Hon. Speaker, it was, indeed, a very sad day when the news of hon. Muchai’s death reached us. Hon. Muchai met his death under very disturbing circumstances; indeed I hope and pray that the truth shall finally come out regarding his death. We hope that it will not be like in other cases of deaths that are reported and do not get unraveled. Hon. Speaker, this country has had a very sad history of mysterious deaths and assassinations; hon. Muchai’s death reminds us very sadly of the death of the late hon. Mugabe Were of Embakasi, who was killed under more or less similar circumstances. It also reminds us sadly of the death of the late Prof. Odhiambo Mbai, who was also assassinated under very unclear circumstances. Hon. Speaker, it is our hope that the Government will take this matter very seriously not only to unearth the perpetrators of this heinous act and the motive behind it but also to assure Kenyans that the Government is in charge of security, because ultimately it is the Government’s responsibility to secure the country and protect its citizens and their property. Hon. Speaker, as we condole with the people of Kabete, I only want to urge for calm in the constituency and the country as a whole as---"
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