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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana MGH",
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    "content": "decided that all churches must register afresh. They gave certain conditions under which they would get the continuation of their registration. Therefore, resource constraints made it very difficult for us to get first-hand information on some of these places. We intended to go to the United States of America (USA) or France, which have a lot of experience with these cults. So, we went for desk research to support the findings of these reports, instead of visiting the places that would have given us first-hand information. More gravely, despite extending invitations and issuing summons, the Committee was unable to procure attendance of key witnesses. These include the former Kilifi County Security Committee members, who were transferred following the discovery of the tragedy in Shakahola Forest. The Committee felt very strongly that we needed to talk to those people. We felt that it was not in keeping with what we would want. When this tragedy became public, the Cabinet Secretary in charge, Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki, immediately announced the transfer of all the security committee members. So, when we went to meet them, we found a new team that could not give first-hand information. It was the feeling of the Committee that we meet the immediate original security committee office holders in Kilifi County, before they were transferred. We wanted to interrogate people like Mr. Joseph Kemboi. He was the Senior Superintendent of Police and the Sub County Police Commander of Malindi. We did not get him. The second one is Mr. Charles Kamau Wanguhu. He was the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and Senior County Criminal Investigation Officer in Malindi. We did not get him. We wanted to interview Mr. Solomon Odera, the Superintendent of Police and Sub County Police Commander. We did not get him. We wanted to talk to Mr. Aragamso Guracha, Superintendent of Police, Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit in Malindi. We did not get him. We wanted to talk to Mr. Agusto Okuna, the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Malindi Station. We did not get him. We wanted to speak to Hassan Hamara, the OCS of Lango Baya. Again, we did not get him. We wanted to speak to Calvin Malowa Otieno, who is the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Malindi, but we did not get him. We wanted Daniel Muthusi Muleli, the County Criminal Investigation Officer (CCIO); Jecinta Wesonga, who is the County Police Commander (CPC), Paul Maweu, Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) and Joseph Yator, the police officer attached to DCI, who had been moved. It was the feeling of the Committee that these 11 people be brought. They were invited via letters through the Cabinet Secretary of Interior and National Administration. In the invitation letter dated 30th June, 2023, the Committee requested the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration to facilitate the attendance of these transferred officers before the Committee on the 7th July, to shed light on certain matters. This includes formal complaints that had been registered against Paul Mackenzie’s activities, actions taken to mitigate the radical activities of Good News International Ministries, and an explanation of reasons for the delay in acting of intelligence received on the radical activities of Good News International Ministries."
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