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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Katwa Kigen",
    "speaker_title": "The Counsel for the Deputy Governor",
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    "content": "One more statement on that issue of Ms. Lucy. We will be requesting that in fairness to Dr. Monda, we recall our lives and remember that from time to time, we have made mistakes by sending money to the wrong person when we intended to send to somebody else. That mistake cannot be taken away from Dr. Monda merely because he is standing trial. On the issue of threats, Dennis Misati, the son of Joseph Misati who will be coming to testify says he was threatened and he relocated with his family. We will be showing that, indeed, there was no communication between Dr. Monda and the said Dennis Misati. We are not aware of the demand letter he said he made. There is no demonstration of the alleged report to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) which he says is the basis of that threat. It is a mere allegation. As a matter of rule of law, he has not made any report to the police that he was threatened. These allegations are made 8 months down the line. On the allegation of the misuse of staff, we will be demonstrating that, indeed, a deputy governor is entitled to be assigned some members of staff to help at home. We will be demonstrating that the allegation that these members of staff---I am surprised by my colleagues that it is not anywhere in the pleading. I suspect that it is my colleagues who have come up with it, saying that these staff were cooking for dogs. I wonder why they have to choose on dogs. However, our point is that the Deputy Governor is entitled to members of staff. None of them have said anywhere that they have been misused. It is said that these staff were used to dig a well. This should be around 2023/2024. We will be showing that there has been no well dug at the Deputy Governor’s home in the last almost 10 years because it was dug in 2023. We will be showing that he does not have dairy. Therefore, the allegation that he was using the staff to manage dairy is not true. We will demonstrate that he does not run any farming in Kisii. He has planted trees on the farm assigned to him. He has no farm which he could deploy the staff to work in. This is a complete falsehood from his brother. At this point, I want to hung on a minute to invite your attention to this. The first count of taking a bribe, on the third count of threatening Dennis, you will be having a situation where the father and mother are testifying against their son. On this county of alleged misuse of staff and the next point being the arrest of the brother, you will be having a situation where this Senate is asked to take the place of the mother of the two brothers, preside and determine their dispute. We are saying that this Senate is being reduced to an unfortunate level by being asked to preside over family disputes. My colleague will address you on that. Lastly, on the issue of the arrest of the brother, we draw your attention to the point that it is Dr. Monda’s case that he planted those trees. The trees belong to him. He planted them back in the year 2007. We have called witnesses who were involved in the planting of those trees. The brother came in and started cutting the trees. Dr. Monda did nothing other than reporting to the police that my brother is cutting trees that belong to me. The police did the investigation and determined. Indeed, from the face of what they heard, it was the brother who was on the wrong by cutting trees belonging to Dr. Monda and had him arrested. That will be our case. 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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