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    "id": 1300092,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the problem with my colleague, Sen. Cherarkey, is that when you are making submissions in this House, he is consulting and not following what is happening. So, he is totally out of order. Let us get serious, I mentioned that there was a request from the DCI and a request from Pastor Ezekiel that we make a visit, so that whatever evidence they were giving us, which was crucial evidence, we get to see for ourselves the challenges and the issues that were there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, after the meeting we sat as Senators - and I take full responsibility for this - and majority of us except those who were absent said, ‘look, our time for this Committee comes to an end on Thursday. Being on a Friday, we only have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.’ Today being on a Wednesday, we have been interacting with the report. We came here, but we will go back until we finish. On Tuesday, we had given summons to witnesses who had not come, so that they can appear. So, the only practical day was Monday. Since the Members were there, I made the decision that we shall visit the DCI and Pastor Ezekiel and that while in Kilifi, we shall visit the County Security Committee after finishing with Pastor Ezekiel. We then asked our clerk of the Committee to go and seek the normal procurement procedures. In fact, I also made a phone call to the Clerk of the Senate to ask him if he can make urgent arrangements for us to travel. While we were waiting, because it was in the evening with only a day remaining for us to cover the Coast and DCI, we then agreed that if it is possible, in the normal manner of operations, we can go up and beyond our call of duty to visit DCI, the Security Committee in Kilifi and Pastor Ezekiel. We then travelled with the understanding that in the event that the procurement procedure will not have been complied with, once we come back, we shall regularize as is always the case. It is not the first time; personally; I have even travelled out of this country and because of Exchequer delays---"
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