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"speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Clive Gisairo",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. However much I may not be very much satisfied with some of the responses given, I have something to say. On the first item, they have tried to answer the question of the mission in which officer Nyamato was involved. Yes, he was not destined for Haiti. However, the discussion and the agenda of his trip had to do with sending of our police officers to Haiti. I believe that is open for wider discussion. Regarding the second and third items, Nyamato passed on sometimes towards the middle February. His body was received in Kenya and buried in the middle of March, a month later. I attended the burial. It was right in my village. As we speak today, a month after the burial, the family is yet to receive the autopsy report. I did not seek a statement on who did what. My request for statement was on what caused the death of Inspector Nyamato. It is not right if we are saying the Government does not know what killed its officer, two months later. Whether it was a heart attack or stroke or poisoning, all we want to know is what led to the death of Inspector Nyamato. Two months down the road, the Government is waiting for a response from the United States of America. This leaves more questions than the answers given. Thank you."
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"content": "Hon. Rasso, do you have the autopsy report?"
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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Dido Rasso",
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"content": " I understand the concerns of the Hon. Member. However, the issue that we both must understand is that the officer died in a foreign country. Information on the autopsy report may not necessarily be released to the Government. Even if that is done, the family will receive that information first. The response by the Cabinet Secretary is very clear; that we must respect the fact that the family must be given this information in confidence. As it were, we even spoke to the Cabinet Secretary who is in contact with the Kenyan Embassy in Washington DC so that they can get the autopsy report. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "Yes, Hon. Wandayi."
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"speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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"content": " The saga surrounding the death of Inspector Nyamato raises more fundamental issues. It is not just about him but any other Kenyan officer who might find himself in a similar situation in future. Through the Chair, the relevant persons should take this matter a little bit more seriously. It is thoroughly agonising for a family to lose a loved one and, almost three months later, nobody is telling them what caused his death. Hon. Gisairo is asking for that simple thing. The question of what took Inspector Nyamato to Washington DC is not yet addressed. Inspector Nyamato was fairly a junior officer by all standards. The country and his family deserve full disclosure even if we are talking about national security. We deserve full disclosure. What role was Inspector Nyamato, a fairly junior officer, going to play in Washington DC if not Haiti? These questions have to be answered now or later. Thank you."
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"speaker": null,
"content": "Yes, Dido."
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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Dido Rasso",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. We will, as a Committee, take it upon ourselves to get the autopsy report as soon as possible. Thank you."
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"speaker": null,
"content": "Dr. Nyikal."
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"speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is a very important issue when a family loses a member. I would really like you to listen to a more basic issue. The process of seeking statements from chairs of committees that we have created is giving ourselves a raw deal because we read written statements. As Members of Parliament and Chairpersons of Committees, we do not have information. If we are not careful, Cabinet Secretaries will use us to delay issues. We should rethink this whole area. Many times, I have seen chairpersons protecting what cabinet secretaries have given them and yet, that is not our role. That is natural. As agreed, what will be done will be done. Let us review this process."
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"content": "Hon. (Dr) Nyikal, it is up to what a Hon. Member elects. I gave Members an option when I communicated to this House that Cabinet Secretaries would be coming here to answer Questions. If you wish to seek a statement through a committee chair, which information may be inadequate or not have sufficient material to answer supplementary questions, you get what you ask for because Cabinet Secretaries come here routinely. In fact, as indicated to me by the Leader of the Majority Party, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration is on the list of those to come here in the next two or three weeks. What you are complaining about would not be there if Hon. Clive had elected to fire the Question to the Cabinet Secretary. He chose to file a Question to the Committee that has brought what the Ministry has given them. Therefore, it is a matter of choice. You will get a good answer if you choose well. If you choose badly, you may get an inadequate answer."
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