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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this Motion. I was privileged to be a Member of the Shakahola Committee, an Ad Hoc Committee. As a new Member, I was able to learn a lot in terms of what happens when ad hoc committees are set up. I appreciate all the Committee Members for their team work and the Secretariat who really walked with us through these findings. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had a privilege to visit Shakahola. It is a sad state for a country when you come and realize the happenings that were there; where one man, a Kenyan and none other than Paul Mackenzie, came up with his doctrine, lied to Kenyans and it ended up as the cause of death. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I even go there, allow me, on behalf of this Committee, to pass our heartfelt and sincere condolences to the families that lost their beloved ones and to also wish the ones still recovering quick recovery. We had an opportunity to meet with the victims directly and interacted with them. We talked to them on what really transpired. However, the shock of it was that the victims were convinced that the doctrine they were put in by Paul Mackenzie was the right one and they did not want to get out of it as much as we tried to dig at that time. The Committee Members had an opportunity to call different stakeholders from the Ministry of Health (MoH), the National Police Service (NPS) through the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Administration of National Government, Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki among others. There were also different church leaders for their views and opinions. We also sat with some of the relatives of the victims and they shared with us some very sad stories. This is an issue that will go down history with a lot of sadness where one man put the lives of Kenyans under the soil using his mechanisms. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Committee will not fail to state some of the challenges as the Chairman, Sen. Mungatana put it. As much as the institutions of our beloved country appeared before us and gave us information, we still had challenges. We requested the police who were serving in that particular station in Kilifi to appear before us, but the Cabinet Secretary was adamant that he was to appear before them. We realized as time progressed that it is them that needed to answer because they were the ones who were on the ground for the duration this problem was there. This was challenging because we did not get the opportunity to bring out some of the issues we wanted to. I will tell this House that we further underwent another serious challenge by the pathologist of this country, none other than Dr. Oduor. He was not able to appear before this Committee. However, with our Standing Orders, we summoned him and fined him Kshs500,000, but he stated through his communication that the Cabinet Secretary of Health, Hon. Susan Nakhumicha had instructed him to not appear before this Committee because investigations were still on-going. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, sadly, Kenyans to date are still asking where the bodies of their beloved are in order to give them a decent send-off. All that was needed was the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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