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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdi Mohamud",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have dealt with that. The issue that was also raised is which report do we stand by? As EACC, we did an investigation and we submitted the findings of the report to this honourable House. That is the report we will always stand by and defend. The other issue that was raised was whether we had any case that we have investigated against the Deputy President and whether we have proposed charges or anything like that. We have not investigated the Deputy President, H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, for any criminal matter in the past and that is our position. There was also the National Assembly hearing and a question of why we did not attend the National Assembly hearing and now we are attending the Senate. We were not invited to the first hearing. Yesterday, I was served with a summon of this House and we are simply responding to that summon. As to why we were not invited in the other one, I do not know. We only respond to summons that are issued. Sen. Omogeni asked if the companies are associated with the Deputy President. We have not investigated any company that is associated with the Deputy President, so far, and that is our position. The Senator for Kakamega County asked about the activities that are intricate web of suspected corruption. Hon. Senator, on all the five items that you have asked us whether we have investigated, we have not because a report has not been made to us. We should not only wait for a report, but we also have the powers to investigate on our own motion. However, it is only after we analyse the reports as to whether they fit in within our mandate. Like, for example, if you deal with issues of inheritance, unless there is a criminal aspect on the inheritance bit, it will usually be handled as a civil matter. On issues to do with intimidation, if the CEO of KEMSA had reported to us that he was intimidated by a state officer, we would go into it. Of course, all of us understand how difficult it would be to open an investigation of that magnitude. However, no complaint has been made to us. On the Gen Zs uprising, we have no report. We know it happened, but as to the corruption bit of it, we do not have facts."
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