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    "id": 1492049,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1492049/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with your discretion on Standing Order No.1, allow me to briefly say that it is important that when one Senator is under threat of governors, then the entire House is under threat. The threat that has been channeled towards the Senator of Isiolo is something that we must all speak to. Today, the county assemblies have all closed across the country for 14 days until the missing Member of the County Assemblies (MCAs) is produced. I propose that even as Senators, we can down tools if one of us is threatened by death for performing our accountability role. What is happening in Isiolo County is long overdue for us to bring the Governor of Isiolo County to this House and question him on why he is a hindrance to devolution when Senators are fighting to protect devolution. Lastly, I must say that Sen. Chute's Statement is important. The Kenya National Trading Corporation Ltd (KNTC) is becoming a place for serious corruption. This Statement should be escalated to forming a commission of inquiry or a special committee to investigate what is happening in the KNTC. It cannot be that people who have overseen the pilferage of over Kshs1 billion and then extended to over Kshs6.5 billion are left in the office; those who have done the work of a whistleblower to show the country what is happening in KNTC are the ones who end up being sacked. We cannot allow this to continue. This project has been going on in the KNTC to the extent that 25 metric tonnes of fertiliser---"
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