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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of Mathare Constituency, my family and I, I join the rest of my colleagues in the country in condoling with the people of Kibra Constituency and his family for the loss. Like the rest of us have said, Hon. Ken Okoth was not only the Member of Parliament for Kibra or a leader within Kibra Constituency, he was a leader that we looked up to, especially the young leaders of my generation. We looked up to Ken Okoth who was a person not very easy to classify and place in terms of political ideology, the way we have conceived a lot of leaders. As Members of Parliament, our key role is legislation and budget-making. This Parliament must, therefore, never make motions or pass any resolutions which do not intend to have the force of law. We passed a motion here that was proposed by Hon. Cate Waruguru that we should declare cancer a national disaster. I hope the Government agency took note of that. I also hope that the Hon. Member, my good friend Cate is actively processing this Bill so that we may finally be able to put action to our words that, indeed, cancer is a national disaster. One of the issues that were very central and dear to Ken Okoth and one that was nevertheless controversial is the issue of the Marijuana Bill. I did look at that Bill this morning and in support of Ken Okoth and his legacy, I hope that this Parliament will allow somebody to take up that Bill so that persons suffering from cancer can get relief in terms of the medical use of marijuana, taking into account that nearly 33 countries around the world have already endorsed the medical use of marijuana . Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I pass my condolences to the family and the rest of the country."
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