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"content": "estimated that by the time she met her death, she had baptized at least 1,000 people in Gikondi. In 1930, she contracted the bubonic plague from a patient she was treating. Sadly, like a candle in the wind, she quickly died on Friday, 31st October, 1930. She was 39 years old and had spent 16 years of her life in Africa. During the last ten years, she had spent most of it in Gikondi. In an interesting coincidence, her death comes on the eve of All Saints Day. Hon. Senators, the course of the beatification commenced in 1984 when Sister Stefani was declared a servant of God. On 2nd April 2011, Pope Benedict XVI declared her to have a life of heroic virtue and named her venerable. On 8th January, 1989, the feast of epiphany – the miracle that opened the way to the beatification process – was one of the multiplications of water in the baptismal font in the Parish of Nipepe, Mozambique. The water was used in four days by those who had escaped violence in the civil war. There has not been any doubt about the validity of this miracle. This multiplication of water was deemed to be a supernatural intervention which Pope Francis approved in a decree that recognised his contribution to Stefani. I, therefore, take this opportunity as the host Senator for Nyeri County and on behalf of the Nyeri Government led by Governor Nderitu Gachagua, the Nyeri Catholic fraternity and, indeed, all Nyerians, to welcome you, my fellow Senators of whatever faith and all parliamentarians and Kenyans at large to this historic ceremony. Nyeri County has been home to heroes of the Mau Mau struggle, a Nobel Peace Laureate, a President and now to the venerable Stefani, a woman on the path to sainthood. It is a proud moment, not only for us, Nyerians, but indeed, for all Kenyans. We, as leaders - let us use this occasion to be reminded of our call to servant leadership and the value of being humble, honest and diligent workers. We owe it to our fellow Kenyans, our nation and our future generations. As I conclude, I wish to congratulate the Nyeri Catholic Diocese led by His Grace Archbishop Peter Kairu for the tremendous amount of work that they have done towards this beatification. I also congratulate and thank His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta for the support he has given this occasion, marshaling his Government to this event. Without his support, this would not have been what we expect it to be. Fellow Senators, karibuni Nyeri and may God bless this beatification process. May God bless my beautiful county, Nyeri, and may God bless my country, Kenya. Thank you."
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