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    "id": 927122,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, let me take this opportunity, on behalf of the people of Garissa Township, myself and my family, to sincerely send my condolences to the families of my former colleagues, Hon. Ken Okoth and Governor Laboso, the people of Kibra and the people of Bomet County following the passing on of our two great colleagues and friends. Hon. Okoth will be remembered for a very good performance in his constituency and his legislative role in this House. He was a man of few words, very dedicated to the House, made sure that he participated in particular business, whether it was a Bill or a Motion that was of great interest to him. I remember when we were passing the Torture Bill in the 11th Parliament, in the Committee of the whole House and we were not many, but he was one person, the Bill being a private Member’s Bill, who could accommodate the concerns of all stakeholders, including amendments from the Government. So, at this very trying moment, we want to tell the people of Kibra that we condole with you and we will stand with you. As the tradition has been in this House, when one of us leaves, the Leader of the Minority Party and myself write to the Clerk so that each and every one of us pays Kshs10,000 towards the funeral expenses of our departed colleague. We did that many times. So, I am making that statement and the Clerk will use the HANSARD to deduct the Kshs10,000. It is a practice and we will ask our colleagues in the Senate to do likewise. Hon. Speaker, I think we are at a very trying moment. We discuss this disease called cancer only when we lose great leaders. We do not discuss this disease when millions of Kenyans die in our homesteads, villages and constituencies. I am a living example of someone who lost his sister because of cancer, so I know what it means to lose a dear one—a sister, brother, parent, son or daughter. I am sure all of us sitting here, in one way or the other, have lost a relative or a constituent because of cancer. As a House that represents the interests of the people of Kenya, we cannot bury our heads in the sand anymore. We must make deliberate legislative measurers and budgetary allocations in order to fight this killer disease that is wiping out the people of Kenya. We must learn. There are Members of this House who have suffered this disease. We have Members who have lost their loved ones and constituents. This House is in charge of the Budget of this country. It is in charge of making the necessary legislation. We must not bury our heads in the sand. We must face it. We must deal with this matter."
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