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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "he was brought up in. In you, Kibra had its own mirror to look into. The children of the ghettos knew that they too could amount to something for they saw themselves in you. You gave them hope and invested in their future. Education, the great equalizer was your hallmark. You are a true embodiment of resilience of the people of Kibra. You talked and thought of them. You were a charismatic young leader with brains and a vision. You were fought hard by the powers due to your projects like Kibra High School. People coveted your sit right into your presence. You kept your calm and cool and the brainy you connected with your people. God on your side, you played your cards well and because of your emotional intelligence viola! You got a second term when others thought you are done and dusted. I will forever remain grateful to your perspectives and words of wisdom. We would have many lunches we would share together for months on end as we try to bring together the human rights agenda into the ambit of Parliament through the human rights caucus and our work, as we tried to revive and strengthen the KYPA in order to improve the representation of young people. The times we debated on both television and radio and your wonderful advice towards me that you do not address the panelists but your audience, will remain true to my way of doing politics. Hon. Ken Okoth, you are a great leader. You kept your calm even when there were a lot of temptations. I will forever remember the many lunches and debates that we had, when we travelled to far-flung places like Maasai Mau in Sierra Leone where we were to hear and seek justice for the downtrodden and our support for the women’s agenda and the strategy to prosecute our agenda on the Floor after 5.00 p.m when other had left. These are many more Ken. I feel a deep sharp pain in me. For others in the public domain, it could be some sense of acquaintance but you are close. We shared, agreed and disagreed. We were always the future and the silver lining in azure horizon. Today, I took the phone to call you but, alas !, it downed on me that it would not be so forever. What a diamond gone too soon? You are warrior in the fight against cancer, in the same manner that we both fought together on inclusive education. Fare thee well Hon. Ken Okoth, the child and the father of the children of Kibra”. Hon. Ken Okoth was a great man. If he was in this House, he would be one of the first people to support this Motion. We have lost a very intelligent man. Telemedicine is important to our country. The internet connectivity will play a key role in ensuring that this dream becomes a reality. I am reminded of the Big Four Agenda. We once debated about a young man called Juma, a brother to Hon. Aisha Jumwa, who died in Cuba. If you read about the culture of abattoirs, you will see how people behave from one country to another and you will get culture shock. If we had telemedicine, we did not have to go through all those things because the doctors would freely work from wherever they are. It would also justify the reason as to why we are spending Kshs6.2 billion on the medical leasing equipment. It is a facilitative model but we also need to look at the rudimentary practices that we have. Safaricom used to have M-Tiba that would allow a patient to have consultation with a doctor but it was truncated. I think it was expensive. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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