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    "id": 1116757,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Sorry, Hon. Speaker. I had forgotten that Wednesday will be Mashujaa Day. They can then do so on Thursday afternoon. More importantly is a Question by Private Notice by Hon. Otiende Amollo. The issue that Hon. Otiende Amollo raised is not a matter to be taken lightly. I remember that it concerned a ranger from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) who was abducted from a matatu as he travelled from somewhere in Laikipia to Nairobi by people who were said to have been in a Subaru. I followed that particular story in the news. In the same week, Hon. Aden Duale will tell you that 16 bodies were discovered in River Tana downstream in Garissa. All those bodies had certain characteristics like being put in sacks and weighed down with heavy stones so that they do not float, and they only float downstream towards Garissa where the river slows down. It is, indeed, worrying for families to have their loved ones disappear, especially in the hands of people who are suspected to be policemen. The Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, and more so the Chairman, need to appreciate that the issue raised by Hon. Otiende Amollo does not just concern his constituent, but many other Kenyans. This Committee must not be held captive by the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government. That is a danger that we are staring at, that we have a Committee that is held captive by the Executive. I have spoken at length on the question of parliamentary democracy and our independence as a House. If we allow our Committees to be held captive by the Executive, then we render our work as the people’s representatives absolutely 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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