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"content": "On 7th July, when the Committee was expecting to meet the transferred officers, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Prof. Kithure Kindiki, appeared before the Committee. He informed the Committee that some of these transferred officers were witnesses and some were suspects on the ongoing investigations into the Shakahola tragedy. As such, to avoid jeopardizing the ongoing investigations, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration sought to speak on behalf of the transferred officer, a request that the Committee initially accepted. Therefore, when he came, he said “we have a problem because these people may be witnesses, so, allow me to speak on their behalf.” We accepted this in the first meeting. However, the Committee continued with the investigations because apart from meeting the Cabinet Secretary, we met many other people. Over time, as the information kept on coming, some gaps were being created. We felt very strongly that what the Cabinet Secretary had presented was not enough. There was some information that the real officers, who are on the ground--- We wanted these officers to come and fill the gaps that were still gaping. Accordingly, the Committee on 6th October, resolved to issue summons to the transferred officers to appear before the Committee on 13th October. On 7th October, the process server travelled to Malindi Sub-county with the intention of obtaining information on the whereabouts of the transferred officers. The process server reported to the Committee that he was unable to obtain the details of the transferred officers. As such, the Committee's efforts to obtain the whereabouts of the transferred officers were not successful. We did not get a chance because the process server, in his sworn affidavit and a return of service to us, explained the difficulties that he was undergoing. Despite extending the invitations again on 6th July, 10th July, 18th July, 2023 and issuing the summonses on 6th October, the Chief Government Pathologist, Dr. Johansen Oduor, failed to appear before the Committee. Dr. Oduor's appearance before the Committee was important for us. We felt that as a Chief Government Pathologist, he played a role in identifying the cause of death of the bodies that had been exhumed in the Shakahola Forest. Additionally, we also felt that he was the person who was in charge of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) matching process. So, it was important for him to appear in person. Since, he did not appear at that time, the Committee resolved to issue a fine of Kshs500,000 to be paid by Dr. Johansen Oduor personally. We also ordered Kshs2,000 to be paid by Dr. Johansen Oduor personally. We also ordered the Inspector General (IG) of police to arrest Dr. Oduor and present him before the Committee on the 17th October, 2023. That notwithstanding, Dr. Oduor was not presented before the Committee by the IG as we had wished. Therefore, this Report does not haven the report from Dr. Oduor that we wanted to receive from him. The Committee, however, then received an email dated 17th October, 2023 from Dr. Oduor. He informed the Committee that he was at all times willing to appear before"
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