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    "id": 980957,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 47(1), I rise to make a Statement on a matter of nationwide concern regarding the demise of hon. Cyrus Omondi, the Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Kahawa Wendani Ward in Kiambu County. Hon. Cyrus Omondi was born in September 1980 at Kahawa Wendani and went through school. After school, he embarked on community service. He got married to Ms. Jacklyn Mwongeli Omondi and together they have had three children. He led in community projects in Kariobangi as a scout commissioner together with other Members of this Parliament for Kasarani. He was a staunch Catholic adherent and an active choir member. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before he joined politics, Mr. Omondi became very famous because he started out as a mechanic, hence his nickname “gearbox, mtambo wachuma ”. He vied for the position of MCA in the year 2013 under the Orange Democratic (ODM) Party - at that time, I was also an ODM member - but he lost by only 200 votes. In 2017, he vied under the Jubilee Party ticket and this time round, he won because he was on the ground all the time and he identified the challenges of the people and the people identified with him. He ran against 15 other candidates. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently, about two or so months ago, Mr. Cyrus Omondi was elected as the Chairman of the Education Committee in the County Assembly of Kiambu and also a member of the House Business Committee and the Finance and budget Committee. Many people from different communities reside in Kiambu and it is estimated that more than 30 per cent of the residents are from the non-dominant ethnic community, in this case the Kikuyu Community, which I come from. In fact, many of them speak fluent Kikuyu and they do not know any other home other than Kiambu. They are part of the community there. To put this into perspective, the MCA for Juja Ward is Hon. Kalpesh Jayantilal Shah from the Asian community. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for Mr. Cyrus Omondi, the MCA who is now departed, it was a very good show that as a member of the Luo community he was elected in Kiambu County with an overwhelming majority. It serves to show that because of the"
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