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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker and Members. To my friend who has raised the Question, the information is as follows. On 5th April 2023, the area Member of Parliament, accompanied by a group, went to Umoja 1 Primary School. There was another rival group. A confrontation ensued between the group that was with the Member of Parliament and the group that emerged from the school community. Three people were ‘slaughtered’ in the fracas; three sustained some injuries. The matter was reported to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). The information we have confirmed is that the person who ‘slaughtered’ three innocent people is the security personnel attached to the former Member of Parliament. He is known as Eric Ojwang’ Omollo. The police have done the necessary investigations and he is to be arraigned at the Makadara Law Courts on the 12th May 2023. That is what happened. The Member of Parliament went to the school and parents and others formed another group. That is how the fracas came about. The second part of the Question is about the disciplinary action that has been preferred against the head teacher and the Board of Management following the invasion of the school. As I have said, the necessary investigations are being done by the DCI and other relevant agencies of government. No doubt, depending on investigations and their outcome, necessary disciplinary action will be taken against those found culpable. So far, there is that one person taken to court and investigations are going on. Depending on the outcome, we will take the 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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