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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of my family and the people of Kakamega County, I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the family of the late hon. Dori. I received this news when I was in Kakamega and must say that this was very sad news for us to lose one of our colleagues. However, I would like to encourage the family to hold tight on the rope of hope. It is only our Lord in heaven who will comfort them. As a leadership, I would like to remind this House that in the Holy Book, the Bible; Mathew 24:26 clearly says that no one knows the day or the hour, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Almighty Father. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us, as leaders, to ensure that we prepare for our departure on this earth. Let us ask ourselves, if we left this earth at this moment, what will we be remembered for? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to celebrate my friend, hon. Dori, for having inscribed himself in the history of the Msambweni people by constructing a girls’ school. That is a legacy that he has left for the people and we shall continue celebrating him. We shall remember him forever for having done that. It is a challenge to us, leaders, who are serving the people at this time and have been given the privilege to serve people, to ask ourselves what we will be remembered for. Lastly, I would like to request this House, especially the leadership--- I appreciate the Islamic tradition of laying to rest the deceased immediately after he dies, but this does not give us, as colleagues, time to mourn one of our own. I suggest that this House prepares a mourning prayer session with the family, so that we have an opportunity to condole and console them. The Leadership of this House will go to Mombasa over the weekend. I suggest that on behalf of the Senate, we pay a visit to the family, so that we pray with them, console and strengthen them."
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