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    "id": 974193,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also join the Senate in passing my condolences, those of my family and the people of my county. Hon. Dori was doing his second term. To many people, he was a quiet politician. He was not the kind of politician who speaks loudly everywhere, for example, in funerals. Yesterday, when we were attending his funeral, we were told to keep away from the normal pontificating that we hear in other funerals. That went with the appreciation of the local community and some of us who worked with him know of the quiet work he was doing in carrying out activities in Msambweni Constituency to uplift the people. Land is an important and challenging issue in the Coast. Therefore, I value his contribution towards resolving land issues in Msambweni and Kwale generally. It is a difficult question to deal with, but to that extent, he made an attempt and the people of Kwale County will remember him for the effort he made in trying to resolve it. It is a huge political, economic and social question at the Coast. He was also a team player. I know that my colleagues from the Coast, for example, Sen. Faki and others, know how he loved to work in teams. We were also told yesterday of the work he did in schools and health centres. He also socialized and politicked with the local people in his constituency, which has a big chunk of people from up country people and who are not indigenous in the Coast. One of the reasons he was doing well in that particular constituency is because he created harmony among members of the various communities. He was a true patriot who believed in the constitutional dispensation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, that makes Kenya a country where there is freedom of movement, and people can stay wherever they wish. He was an important player in our Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party and also in the NASA Coalition. To that effect, he will be greatly missed. May the good Lord rest his soul in peace."
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