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    "id": 1034811,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I seek to move the following amendment to this Motion subject to insertion of recommendation No.40 that, where two or more agencies are recommended to undertake investigations by the Committee, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is the lead agency. The reason why I think this amendment is useful is because, like the Members who have spoken to the Motion, this is an issue that has captured the minds of Kenyans. I even imagine that as we speak, Kenyans are keen to hear what we are saying about this. Like Hon. Odhiambo- Mabona has said, some of us find it very difficult because it is hurting. Yesterday, I was in Ndaragwa and I do not want to talk about it because of the family. However, it is really an annoying thing at the way people are passing on because of COVID-19. Hon. Speaker, we seem to have taken this thing casually. I am not trying to say that the Report is casual. I am trying to ensure that what is finally recommended by this Committee is something that we can act upon and which we will be able to implement and call a specific agency and ask them, what have you done? If this particular individual has done this or the head of an organisation has done this, which agency can we call within 14 days to find out what they have done? How can the Committee on Implementation be able to enforce the resolutions of this House? It is for that reason that I am saying that if we then task the work with EACC, we will be coming closer to getting some answers as Kenyans expect to see in the coming days. They really would want to see some people arraigned in court. This is not a game that we want to continue playing. It is a very difficult issue. I do not want to go outside the parameters of this Motion. It is an issue that is even making it difficult for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). Those of us who do not want the BBI movement are using the COVID-19 manenos as a reason to say that we should deal with the pandemic before we deal with the BBI. We need to show some seriousness. This amendment helps in furthering that idea. I beg to move and ask the Member for Tharaka, the only Member of Parliament from DP, to second."
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