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    "id": 696283,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Litole was a very strong member of the Orange Democratic Movement Party (ODM). I recall when I first came to Parliament in 2008. The first trip that I made outside the country was with Hon. Litole. The two of us were Members of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. We left for Egypt, only to realize that the same day, the then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, the current President was also coming. We were actually stranded because the entire machinery had prepared for the coming of the Deputy Prime Minister. So, we were forgotten and had to look for our way in a foreign land with the late Hon. Litole. It is really sad, indeed, that we have lost this great Kenyan who served his constituents with a lot of dedication for five years. Before then, he was an administrator. Actually, we had shared a lot with him. But one striking thing about the late Litole is that he – up to his death - remained a very principled man even when a lot of pressure was exerted on him to defect to United Republican Party (URP). He stood his ground and defended his seat on an ODM ticket. Even though he was not successful, he communicated to me before his death that this time round in 2017, he was going to make it back to Parliament on an ODM ticket. Since we are not going to see that, it is God’s plan. I sympathize and join in condoling him together with the rest of Kenyans and, more particularly, the people of Sigor whom he represented for five years in Parliament. May God rest his soul in peace. Amen."
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