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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Martin Wambugu",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Deric Ngunjiri Wambugu",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No. 43, I wish to make a Statement regarding the sad demise of the late Governor of Nyeri County, Hon. Dr. Wahome Gakuru today Tuesday, 7th November 2017 at the Thika Level 5 Hospital after a tragic road accident. The late Governor Gakuru was an accomplished scholar; being a holder of Doctorate in Public Administration and Policy from Arizona State University, two masters’ degrees in Business Administration, MBA from Willamette University in the United States of America and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration Degree from the University of Nairobi before successfully contesting for the Nyeri gubernatorial seat in August 2017. He was a lead consultant and a former university lecturer. He had also served as a director of Vision 2030, Equity Bank and National AIDS Control Council (NACC). He was loved and adored by many especially the students’ fraternity of the various schools whom he taught and mentored as well as the people of Nyeri County. Hon. Speaker, he had a great connection with the business fraternity and was poised to be a great economic liberator of the people of Nyeri. A few days ago, the late Governor led a team of like-minded governors in launching the brainchild of regional economic integration and growth being the resurgence of the Nairobi-Nanyuki Railway Line. Hon. Speaker, words are not enough to explain what a loss this is to the people of Nyeri County and in particular my constituency, Nyeri Town where his offices and residence are, and also where he voted. I therefore, wish to take this opportunity on my behalf and that of the people of Nyeri Town Constituency and Nyeri County as a whole to convey my deepest condolences to the people, family and friends of the late Governor. May his soul rest in peace. Hon. Speaker, with your indulgence, I wish to request the House to pay tribute to this distinguished leader, scholar and man of stern action with one minute of silence. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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