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    "id": 1271409,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, AWARE that at the sitting of the Senate held on Thursday, 27th April 2023, the Senate, by resolution, established an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the proliferation of religious organizations and the circumstances leading to the deaths of more than 95 people in Shakahola, Kilifi county; APPRECIATING that the mandate of the Select Committee is lapsed on Wednesday, 26th July, 2023; ACKNOWLEDGING that the Committee had undertaken tremendous amount of work in the execution of its mandate; NOTING that the events of the Shakahola in the country continues to evolve with the discovery of more bodies in the Shakahola mass graves, and that the Committee is yet to visit the new grave sites; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to renew the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee by a further period not exceeding 30 days of this resolution, and to table its final report in the Senate on or before 5th September, 2023. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is basically a Procedural Motion. It is not my intention to take a long time on it except to ask the House to support the extension of time. The Motion is moved in the amended way as provided for in Standing Order No. 64. The thrust of this Motion is to ask for extension of time. The Committee has been working day and night. We have visited the area that is involved and we have met many stakeholders. However, the 90 days that we thought were going to be sufficient to enable us table the report and compete our work are not enough. The reason being that a lot more information is still out there. Many stakeholders have come up, through the Committee and the Senate office, saying that they want to appear and say their bit. Some of those potential witnesses at the Senate Committee were people who escaped from the Shakahola forest. They have been unwell because they have to go through some psychological treatment. Some of them are better now and can communicate."
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