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    "id": 769140,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, kindly allow me to start by passing my condolences to the family of the late hon. Francis Nyenze, who we have learnt passed on today. I have remembered that based on what Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri has spoken about with regard to the environment and cancer. It is sad that we have lost such a great leader. The first time I incidentally met the late hon. Nyenze was when I was in primary school. I had just won the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) International Environmental Debate and he was the Minister for Environment then. I was in class eight then when he awarded me and he developed a keen interest in me. We have been friends since then. As fate would have it, we got to meet later in the National Assembly, where he was the Leader of Minority and I was a Member in the Majority side and we had a very interesting relationship. I pray that God rests his soul in peace and gives his family strength and fortitude in this difficult time. I deliberately chose to speak on this Motion on the Sessional Paper after most Members have spoken. I listened to the Senators debate yesterday and today. The reason that I did that is because, as you have heard, a lot of the references being made on this Sessional Paper are directly about the management of Nairobi. Of course we have Kisumu, Nakuru, Mombasa, Eldoret and all the other urban areas, as defined in the criteria in the Urban and Cities Act. Indeed, I hope that the great concerns that I have heard from the Members of the Senate today and yesterday – you can hear the frustrations and disappointment – on the state of our Capital City. I hope that, then, will then translate to the point when I will be urging my fellow Senators to support certain specific interventions that might be special for the Nairobi City County. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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