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    "id": 1124818,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for that information. As you are aware Sen. Olekina just turned 47 years old the other day and he seems to be growing wiser by the day. I appreciate those comments. My fourth point is that there is the issue of a military takeover. We need to be careful. As a country, there is a process of deploying the military. The ongoing militarisation of Government and civil public institutions is saddening. As a country we do not have to militarise every problem we face. Before we know it this Parliament could become militarised and we have a General replacing you as the Speaker. As a country we must be very careful. The biggest challenge that the next president of this republic Hon. William Ruto will have is how to take those military officers back to the barracks. How do you take them back? How do you involve them in civil matters and in the issues of civil servants? How do you oversight a military officer if he becomes the CEO of KEMSA? There is a procedure and rules on how military should appear. They appear within their ranks. The militarisation of the Government through Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), I think this matter has been ruled on. It is unfortunate that the government we have does not respect court orders and that is why people like Mr. Miguna Miguna continue to suffer out there and yet they are Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on my final submission looking at the time, the recommendation was specific that the people to be investigated are: Dr. Jonah Manjari the CEO of KEMSA; Mr. Charles Juma, director of procurement; Mr. Eliud Mureithi, the director, commercial services; Mr. Fredrick Wanyonyi, corporation secretary and director legal services; Mr. Edward Njoroge, director operations; Mr. Waiganjo Karanja, director of finance and strategy; and any other KEMSA official that was involved. The naming of these people should give impetus to Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), DCI and DPP to prosecute them if they are found culpable. I have seen the companies. I will not name those companies because the list is a bit longer. If we arrest these individuals from the CEO Dr. Jonah Manjari and the rest, what about the board? Why have the board members been left out? They have indicated that the former chairperson of KEMSA board is the first one. The board led by Sen. Kembi Gitura must be arrested and be prosecuted. The former CEO must be arrested and prosecuted. Also the companies, some of them were registered within three months. They were given up to billions of tenders within KEMSA to supply COVID-19 supplies. They must be prosecuted. In fact, those companies should have been blacklisted in this republic by the registrar of companies and the Attorney-General and be put on the red alert. I saw that Mr. Miguna Miguna was given a red alert. I do not know whether we can give the red alert to companies. A red alert should be given to those companies so that they cannot do business in Tanzania and Uganda. These companies must be blacklisted in Kenya and a red alert issued everywhere. If these companies have been indicted, their directors must be prosecuted. It is called lifting the veil. It is important. The only problem we have with KEMSA is that these people must be arrested and prosecuted."
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