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    "id": 763716,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
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    "content": " Okay. Point noted. DEMISE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR NYERI COUNTY, DR. PATRICK WAHOME GAKURU Hon. Senators, it is with a very deep hurt that I have learnt about the demise of the Governor for Nyeri County, Hon. (Dr.) Patrick Wahome Gakuru. His death occurred early this morning following a grisly accident at Kabati along the Murang’a-Thika road. The Governor was on his way coming to Nairobi County. Information that has reached us indicates that the Hon. Dr. Gakuru, his driver and other staff were rushed to Thika Level 5 Hospital for emergency medical attention but, sadly, the Governor passed on. The driver and other staff who were in the ill-fated vehicle are undergoing treatment. Hon. Senators, the late Hon. (Dr.) Gakuru was born in 1966 and was elected the third Governor for Nyeri County, following the General Elections of 8thAugust, 2017. The late Dr. Gakuru was a distinguished academician. He was a lecturer at the University of Nairobi School of Business since 1994, besides running his own consultancies in public policy and management. In 2004, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Public Administration from Arizona State University after graduating from Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, with a Master of BusinessAdministration Degree in 2001. He also held an MBA degree from the University of Nairobi, which he earned in 1993 after graduating from the same institution with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1991. The late Dr. Gakuru joined elective politics in 2013 where he unsuccessfully vied for the Nyeri County gubernatorial seat and came second. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Marketing, Policy and Advocacy at Equity Bank. He also served as the first Director of Kenya Vision 2030 at the Presidency and Cabinet Affairs Office and, later; the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030; and also as the Director for Social Sector Development at the National Economic and Social Council, in addition to serving as the head of Strategy Development in the National AIDS Control Council (NACC). Hon. Senators, the late Dr. Gakuru’s academic and technocratic background had put him in a good state to deal with a range of issues affecting Nyeri County. Indeed, Nyeri residents looked up to the late Dr. Gakuru for solutions, especially inspiring"
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