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    "id": 663512,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, allow me to join my brother, Dr. Makali Mulu, in mourning a great son of Kitui County. Hon. Ngala Mwendwa has been known to me personally all my life as a nationalist who fought for the independence of this country. I remember in 1962 at the height of KANU when everybody was pushing for independence, one school called “Matinyani Primary School” - intermediate school that time - had the privilege of getting all those who were running for elections in the whole of Kitui County. Ngala Mwendwa was there, the late Senator Nzilu Munyasya was there and my late father Geoffrey Munuve, who was running for Kitui South was there. This is a person who has a long history of struggle. The Mwendwa family is well known in our county. It should not be lost on us that we have Hon. Nyiva Mwendwa in this House who is a sister-in-law to Ngala Mwendwa. We have had his brother Kyale Mwendwa who was the first Permanent Secretary of Education and later Minister for Water. So, this is a big family which is well established in our county of Kitui. As we mourn him, it should not be lost on us that this country is going through a small crisis. This is a crisis that we can avoid just like Ngala Mwendwa and his colleagues steered Kenya out of conflict in 1962 and during the Mau Mau period. I join Hon. Mulu in asking this House and, indeed, the Republic of Kenya, which he served as one of the few ministers in those days, to support the family of Hon. Ngala Mwendwa and for all of us who are involved in a lot of politicking right now to look at ways of solving our problems amicably. He was a man of peace. With those few remarks, I thank you for indulging me."
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