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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "course, their affiliates that are operating within the Republic of Kenya within 30 days after the Senate adopts this Report. It is very important because Kenyans know and they have seen footage where even while this criminal makes appearances is in court, we still have some people who are foolish enough to celebrate him. The answer is for the place to be closed down physically. I want to laud the Committee that they have asked the DCI and the DPP to initiate the process of the freezing assets belonging to Paul Mackenzie and any other associates, and the proceeds be used to compensate the families of the deceased victims. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is very reflective. Paul Mackenzie, like many such misguided so-called prophets and preachers, used the pretext of the people’s vulnerability to have a better life after death. They convert them into paupers and in the process enrich themselves. Therefore, it is not surprising that the country is abound with preachers who drive fuel guzzlers. Some even have helicopters just to show how good they are at looting the public. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Administration must declare the Good News International Ministry and Good News Media House Limited as organized criminal gangs. These are criminal gangs. I am personally offended by the lack of cooperation on the part of Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki Kithure when this Committee wanted his help to have the witnesses appear before them; it was unfortunate that the professor of Law said he was going to speak for the witnesses. Since when did a Cabinet Secretary speak for a criminal or have privileged information that he could give to a serious Committee like this one? I appeal to my younger brother, Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki, humble yourself. You should have allowed Kenyans who wanted to give evidence to do so. What are you protecting professor? The DCI and National Intelligence Service (NIS) was able to appear before the Committee and where they thought certain pieces of evidence required secrecy, they applied for being heard in-camera. Our professor has been a Deputy Speaker and a Leader of Majority in this House. He knows these privileges. Was he deliberately trying to frustrate a committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya? Your Excellency, President William Samoei Ruto, we are going to help you get rid of non-functional Cabinet Secretaries who are - for anything else - as good as dead wood. Why would a Cabinet Secretary make it difficult for a committee of Parliament to deliver? When I think about the grief in Kakamega County, in the villages of Mumias, Ikolomani, Shinyalu and our communities when we learnt that some of our teachers had died in Shakahola, I have no kind words for anybody who shielded the exposure of these criminals. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this elaborate Report, which I am glad that now all Members are acquainted with, the Committee is asking the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) to severely sanction security officers, whose acts of commission and omission aided or abetted the Shakahola tragedy, 30 days from now. It should remain evidently clear to the Republic of Kenya that civil servants and senior security officers drink and dine on the blood of the poor."
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