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    "id": 725343,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of our departed brother, Boy Juma Boy. I take this opportunity to thank the people of Kwale County and specifically the people of Vanga, for the warm send off that we gave our departed brother yesterday. I also use this opportunity to speak to the Governor of Kwale County, in particular, and in general to all governors. If anybody wanted to know whether this country needed devolution then they needed to be at that funeral yesterday to see levels of inequality in this country when you saw the low human development indices in Kwale County namely; low life expectancy, low levels of education and low per capita income. It behooves the governors and especially the Governor of Kwale County, to stop grandiose ideas of buying expensive cars for themselves, members of staff and so on. They should focus on projects that will address the three indices for human development. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you because you led us there yesterday. As you saw, Kenyans are wonderful people. Maybe, you need to be a Miji Kenda to really appreciate life. Sen. Boy Juma Boy’s home was right in Vanga, the beautiful fishing town. He was living right in the village with the people unlike the modern leader who, for example, is born in Homa Bay County and lives in Kisumu County. I have nobody in mind. This became a real issue in some of the audit queries of the Auditor-General when we found, for example, that the Governor of Homa County actually lives in Kisumu and commutes to go and work for the people of Homa Bay County. How I wish Boy Juma Boy had been a governor because he was living with the people and feeling their problems. As they say, we must now accept. Sen. Boy Juma Boy is dead. Long live Boy Juma Boy. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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