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    "id": 1156952,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1156952/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 104,
        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
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    "content": "(iii) The action that relevant Government agencies such as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations has taken, including instituting investigations and making arrests for possible criminal negligence by the management of the sugar company. (iv) Whether the company has been operating in strict conformity to the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007. (v) An assurance that comprehensive investigations are carried out into the circumstances surrounding the accident and whether action has been taken against anyone found culpable on any form of negligence. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to respond as follows: On 22nd February 2022, the Chief Security Officer of Transmara Sugar Company Limited, Mr. David Tonkei, reported that there was an incident at the factory. Police officers from Enoosaen Police Station visited the scene and established that three fire marshals – Patrick Adipo Okelo aged 35 years, Duke Nyambimba aged 27 years and Reuben Cheruiyot aged 33 years – were on routine patrols at the bagasse area when suddenly the bagasse caved in and covered two of them. Reuben Cheruiyot escaped unhurt. The rescue mission commenced immediately. On the following day, the Transmara Sub- County Security and Intelligence Committee and the sugar company management held a meeting at the scene. After deliberations, the Kenya Red Cross Society team and the Dog Unit were invited to join the rescue mission. However, the sniffer dogs could not assist in such a mission due to the toxic nature of bagasse. They were therefore withdrawn. The search continued with the aid of eye witnesses, one of them being Reuben Cheruiyot, and the company’s CCTV footage. On 25th February 2022, the Sub-County Security Committee led by the DCC Transmara West were at the scene to supervise the scooping of bagasse. The factory’s management was asked to hire more machinery to facilitate the scooping of the bagasse. The following machinery was deployed: three excavators, each with a driver and one spotter; 24 tippers to remove bagasse from the site to a safe place; three earthmoving bulldozers…."
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