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    "id": 727053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "February 28, 2017 SENATE DEBATES 15 Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to appreciate the Statement given by Sen. Kagwe on behalf of the people of Nyeri and Kenyans in general, following the demise of Gov. Nderitu Gachagua. I have known Gov. Gachagua since the Seventh Parliament when Sen. Leshore and I were in the Public Investment Committee (PIC). He was then working with the National Housing Corporation (NHC). He eventually became a Member of Parliament and was the Governor for Nyeri County at the time of his demise. I appreciate one thing that Sen. Kagwe has said which is extremely important. I must commend his family and the people of Nyeri for having been very transparent and honest with the people of Kenya with regard to what was ailing him. Cancer has been treated as a taboo for a very long time. The more people become open about it, the more we shall be able to know that each and everyone of us is a potential candidate for cancer in one way or the other. Therefore, prevention and looking for ways of cure in our nation is extremely important. Gov. Gachagua struggled gallantly with cancer. At no time did he have a sense of self-pity about himself. That kind of courage is a good example to Kenyans who must continue to live a full life and bear full responsibility, not withstanding what they are going through. As Sen. Kagwe has said, all of us must be aware of our own mortality. This world is not our home. We are just passing through just like our ancestors passed through it. Our responsibility is to leave it a better place than we found it. We should not think that amassing wealth and mountains of accounts abroad can in any way lengthen our lives. In the end, we shall come to our end. The only gift that the world will give us is a six by three hole or a furnace where we shall be burnt. That is the end, except for the fact that those who have faith in God will meet somewhere. God bless his soul and keep the people and the government of Nyeri County in eternal peace as they wait to rejoin their Governor in the everlasting home above."
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