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    "id": 1326470,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1326470/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in appreciating the work of this Ad hoc Committee that investigated the proliferation of religious organizations and circumstances leading to more than 95 deaths in Shakahola, Kilifi County. The first thing that I would wish to say about this Report is that I appreciate the industry that went into its preparation and the work that has been done by our colleagues who took time. I watched them a couple of times listen to witnesses, interrogate them, establish where there are gaps in legislation, statutes, regulations and so on and so forth. Our colleagues did an impressive job. However, there are quite a number of glaring gaps that are in this Report, which, as we appreciate and celebrate their work, as a Senate, we must ask ourselves how to move forward from here. The Committee has established and has done direct linkage between the so-called Mackenzie; the fake pastor, and the crimes that were committed. There are people along the line that contributed to this happening. I have seen that further down the Report, the Ad hoc Committee has given sanctions and recommendations to the various bodies and State agencies that need to follow up and give direction on what happens. While that is in order - I will be making a comment on the same especially on the language that is used in the recommendations part of the Report - allow me to first establish, and perhaps this is something that the Committee will inform us better; when you title the Committee that it is more than 95 deaths in Shakahola, it is quite interesting. This is because we went out as a House and said we need the Committee to inform us on exactly the number of people that died. Unless I have not been able to capture it appropriately in the Report since it is voluminous and I began reading yesterday and have moved on quite well this afternoon, it does not come out explicitly in the Report on their findings whether there are more to be discovered that are still buried."
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