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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13129,
        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "cosmopolitan nature, anyone in this country can be elected anywhere. A very good example is hon. Junet Mohamed who is from Migori County. Kiambu is the second largest county in terms of population, currently standing at 2.4 million people since it is not only the bedroom, but also an upcoming city adjacent to the capital city. To put this into perspective, Ruiru Constituency where Mr. Omondi, and I come from and others has a total population of 374,000 residents. That population is higher than in many counties here, for example, Wajir, Lamu, and Isiolo counties. You can name them. That constituency has a total voting population of 160,000. It is estimated that it may be nearly 200,000 by 2022. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very cosmopolitan area. People have been born and bred there. Therefore, hon. Omondi rightly represented the diversity of the county. He also set the pace for a non-Kikuyu candidate to be elected even as a Member of Parliament in the future in the spirit of national cohesion. I think it is just a matter of time before that happens because you can see the trend in Nairobi. If you look at constituencies, such as Kasarani, Embakasi and Lang’ata and also if you go further in the coast in Lamu, his election is a very important lesson to Kenyans. Many residents of Kahawa Wendani will remember “Cyro” as we called him for the good deeds and always being there for them. He had a wide network amongst the youth and even the children really liked him. Having been born to a father who is also deceased and was a military officer, Hon. Cyrus rose to become a Mheshimiwa from a mechanic. That is another very important attribute of him. He had been steadfast in fighting together with us for the people of Kiambu County. In fact, when we went with the Senate Committee on Education led by Sen. (Dr.) Langat to investigate the land grabbing at Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology, he was very vocal and determined. He was part of us in ensuring that we return this land to the institution. He worked very hard to put roads into murram in the one square kilometre ward that acts as a dormitory to Kenyatta University which is my alma mater and the Army Barracks. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have lost a great Kenyan who was a dedicated servant of the people who reminded the youths that they too can rise to become anything that they dreamt of. At the time of his death, hon. Cyrus Omondi was not known to be sick. In fact, he was a very sporty guy; he was a bodybuilder. His death is very suspect because he left here and went to India on official business. He had been left behind because he was giving out bursaries to his ward constituents. Later on, he was found dead in his room. The information that we have is that he had vomited. There has not been good cooperation from the investigation arms in Mumbai, India. Our Government pathologist was not allowed to participate in the postmortem. As we speak, what is going on is a second post-mortem but the body had already been embalmed. Therefore, there is a lot of suspicion around his death and there have been very strong feelings that this may have to do with the fight against corruption in Kiambu"
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