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    "content": "(Prof. Saitoti): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is my great pleasure, indeed, to respond to this Motion. At the very outset, I wish, indeed, to thank the hon. Members of this Committee because they carried out a very thorough investigation of the issue to the extent that they were able to actually question quite a number of the witnesses on the ground. They were able to get evidence from the Provincial Administration and even so, they were able to obtain evidence from officials of my Ministry. To that extent, I consider the views which are presented in this Report fairly objective. But the key thing here is what actually triggered the findings to be collected by the Committee. It was a question of the numbers. I laid on the Table a certain number. This formed part of the questions. The Committee itself has confirmed the figures that I laid on the Table regarding the deaths in both Mathira and Kirinyaga were right. The key thing is that we should look forward, because looking forward is the key thing in being able to address the menace of criminal organized gangs. There are some very fundamental recommendations which have been made, I will only mention a few of them. One of them is recommendation No.2, which states that there is an urgent need to enact legislation to deal with illegal organized criminal gangs. I want to thank hon. Members who sat on that Committee, for having realized the fact that there is a legal lacuna in the framework for addressing this problem. I would like to assure this House that, indeed, a Bill is being drafted by the Attorney-General with regard to organized criminal gangs, and should be ready, as a Bill, to be brought to this House fairly soon. I hope that this House will find time to debate the Organised Criminal Gangs Bill before we go on recess. That is extremely important because this Bill will, first of all, define what a criminal gang is. It will also deal with the proceeds which are being collected by criminal gangs. It will criminalize them and ensure the forfeiture of those resources. Money that is"
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