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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion that is seeking an extension of the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee that is investigating matters of Shakahola. When this Committee was formed, we were talking about 95 people found dead by then. As we speak today, those who are reported to have been discovered dead are 425, with of course 613 missing and 91 rescued. That is to say the scope of work, when we were forming this Committee, was not as big as it is now. That is why I support this Motion, so that this Committee can deeply look into this matter and give a report that will bring these matters to a closure. This Committee should also tell us what a religious cult is and whether we should be having mental check-ups for those people who want to start churches. Someone said that even politicians need mental check-ups when they are running for these seats because we are dealing with the lives of people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if someone who is not mentally upright leads a delegation of people, then we will lose our people. There is an issue happening in a Kiambu school. A principal of a certain school in Gatundu South is telling the students that they are possessed and they have to go through some rituals to get rid of demons. In the morning, evening or afternoon, the principal comes with water and sprinkles on the students in the name of removing demons from them. We should look into such issues and not only religious leaders. Anybody mandated to take care of the society should always be checked to find out whether whatever they are doing is being done in their right mind and whether it is meant to be done. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the same principal did the same thing in Githunguri about 10 years ago. She did the same in Nyeri County last year, such that the parents of that school kicked her out of that institution."
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