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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank Sen. Sakaja, the Chairperson of the Committee for doing a fantastic job. Without any fear of contradiction, I want to say that Sen. Sakaja is one of the Chairs in this house who has led with distinction. Every time a responsibility is given to him, he has delivered 100 per cent. For avoidance of doubt, I have seen some opinion polls around rating Senators in this House. If I was given a chance to rate my colleagues, I would rate Sen. Sakaja highly for his performance in this House. I have seen these recommendations and I do not want to spend a lot of time because we spent a lot of time when the Petition was brought here. What I want to appreciate is that the recommendations are solid. Many of these recommendations depend on other people performing their work. That is, the DCI taking responsibility to investigate thoroughly and present a report to the DPP for prosecution. The other recommendation depends on the culprit, which is the County Government of Nakuru, who are dumping the kids because of a status they want to achieve of a city of Nakuru; which now becomes the moral hazard for harassing and punishing innocent children. It is a paradox because all cities in the world, including New York City, Chicago, Nairobi and Johannesburg have street children. It is for that reason that there are certain responsibilities required of a county government to deal with street children. It is the city status that attracts street children. Otherwise, it would never be a street if it was a village. Mr. Speaker, Sir, little children are being punished in pursuit of mortar and brick and status that should be achieved by helping the weak and the poor. Therefore, I want to take recommendation number three seriously. The county government attached a lot of importance to accreditation to the status of a city. I want us to hold the approval until this issue is sorted out. It is the very issue that initiated the punishment of these Children. If we do so, I am sure the county government will respond to the issue of the children within a week since they want the city status. I am glad I sit in the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations chaired by Sen. M. Kajwang’. I will personally ensure that this discussion takes place in the Committee, where Sen. Cherargei also sits. When the Report comes for debate in this House - because this is a recommendation of our Committee - the Senate Business Committee should hold the Report until we achieve the implementation of this section before it is laid in this House. If there are Sections that the Constitution gives us teeth to bite, we take advantage of such a recommendation to bite hard until the county government of Nakuru responds to the children dumped in Chemasus Forest."
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