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    "id": 1016387,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, either this Senate agrees to face these people head on or we abandon, coil our tails, bow down to the Speaker and take off. Imagine the former Attorney General, Prof. Githu Muigai, comes and says: “I disagreed with the procurement of these contracts, I do not know who signed. The former Solicitor General, Mr. Ken Ogeto, who was also my teacher, comes and says: “I never authorized this.” What does that tell you? It is either this Committee agrees that we go off-camera and they tell us that they were intimidated, they fear whoever they found or these people have told them: “Just go and do a general report. The EACC will take care of the business.” This is because it is unusual. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the case of Ruaraka, and Sen. Murkomen - now I can have his attention - knows what happens when it came to the voting. We named and cited those people. There is a reason that we have a protection of Parliament. When we write reports, there is no action on us for defamation. We cannot be cited for defaming any person by citing their name in reports. We are privileged. We cannot obfuscate things and keep them nice like love letters. We cannot pamper them, powder their noses, massage them with oil, and say ‘further investigations.’ These public officials are known. Those companies have directors who are known. If you wanted CR12s, they would be here. These people would be named. I say so because I moved an amendment to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill when it came here in 2015. The then Senate Majority Leader, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, made sure that half of the amendments were rejected, but only one went through. That amendment is that if you find a person who has procured for public purposes making the sort of mess that is here, you blacklist them. You can only blacklist these characters by naming the directors, so that they never receive work in Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these people have committed more offences under the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act and other laws than any person could procure. It is only the mafia that can make a contract of this nature to be varied by more than 200 per cent. Do you think, Sen. Dullo, that EACC is waiting for you to make these recommendations? Do you think they are waiting for our resolution to make this recommendation? Do you think they do not know the perpetrators of Ruaraka Land Scandal and Solai Dam Tragedy? They know. We name them and deal with the consequences. This is because at the county level, the governors have said so many things about us. When we get an opportunity, under the jurisdiction which we have, like we did with the Formula, we should not feel shy to make strong recommendations. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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