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    "content": "and watertight. The commissions will not make shoddy presentations in highly publicized events in Ministerial board rooms or in the hallowed grounds of State House and that is the end of the story. It will question the terms of reference for the committees. It will question the latitude of harvesting contributions from the public or the sectors concerned with the issues at hand. It will also call into question the outcome of such reports, accountability and even the financial implications of it. How much money has been budgeted for the commissions, who have been allocated how much and which firm was engaged to facilitate the work of the commission. Therefore, it will also facilitate financial audit and scrutiny. As I said, it will cause less wastage. This amendment is looking forward on what needs to be done tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. It may be important, perhaps, for the Mover or those contributing to consider – I will be making this effort before we conclude – that we look at this retrospectively so that whatever has been done in the past is compelled to be produced for accountability. If you look at all those commissions such as the Ndung’u Commission--- I know that the contents of the Ndung’u Report are one of the issues which are embroiling us in some of the sideshows in debates and dialogues for the proposed Constitution. The question of devil worship, the Akiwumi Report on Land Grabbing are some of the issues that are causing disagreement, fear, paranoia, disarray and hate. It is part of what contributed to genocide in 2008 after the general election. We did not address areas where electoral malpractices and contests had been persistent. The question of Ouko and J.M. Kariuki need to be addressed. Some of the issues that we have witnessed in the past such as mysterious killing of high ranking Government officers have continued to be exposed by the media. Those issues could have helped us end impunity in this country. They could have helped this country to deal with matters of political competition, corruption and fraud in corporations. That is because deals gone sour are sometimes many and no solutions are found. Some of them are like the Goldenberg Scandal and the Artur Brothers. We saw them invading even the most secure institutions like the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The Report has not been made public. That simply means that all through, those commissions have been constituted with an intention not to have an immediate solution to the issues at hand but, perhaps, to bring suspense so that we can conveniently exit that problem because of the proverbial short memory of Kenyans. It is also intended to also make people captives. The people who are mentioned in the Ndung’u Report, the Akiwumi Report, and the late Kennedy Kiliku’s Report that was before this House, the Ouko Report, the J.M. Kariuki Report and the Artur Brothers Report can easily be made by security apparatus or power leaders to remain captives of the regime in place. Therefore, they remain the hidden or secret financiers of the regimes because they are under fear that they will be exposed one way or another. Every time there is a new Government, a new Cabinet or new wielders of power, those reports become very useful. Therefore, making them exposed and subject to this amendment to the Commissions of Inquiry Bill, No. 15 of 2009, is something that can help us move forward. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, looking at the amendments that have been proposed here, it is very clear that Parliament wants to assert itself like it has done. This is something that, perhaps, has not been communicated very well. The Public Relations Department of this House needs to do a better job. Sometimes it is easier to criticize that Parliament has just done a few of these things that benefit a certain class"
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