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    "id": 765167,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gachagua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rigathi Gachagua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to the family of the late Dr. Gakuru, who was my governor. It was only on Sunday that he was in my constituency where he gave a very moving speech and made a lot of promises to the people of Mathira. The people of Nyeri are in a very difficult situation. It is only eight months ago that we lost our first governor, who was also my brother. Today, we have lost our second elected governor. As the deputy governor takes over, Nyeri would have had four governors in one year. It is a difficult time for the county. We want to urge our people to stay calm, united, not to be disturbed and to know that God is there. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to the social media fraternity and the bloggers from Nyeri and elsewhere. This morning, as the doctors were frantically trying to save the life of Dr. Gakuru for one hour in the Thika Level 5 Hospital, people on social media had written him off an hour earlier, without any due regard to the feelings of his family. When my late brother was ill for a year, people on social media “killed” him a record nine times before he finally succumbed to cancer. I would like to ask them to appreciate that public figures also have families. They have wives, sisters, children and brothers. As we wait to bury Dr. Gakuru, we ask the social media fraternity to allow his family and the people of Nyeri to bury him in peace without bringing in a lot of other issues, speculation, a lot of malice and things that are unnecessary."
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