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    "id": 217018,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that the investigations have encountered some factors and difficulties which, although I am not aware, the Provincial Criminal Investigations Officer (PCIO) was attending to. I appreciate the hon. Member's concerns. One of the difficulties - I do not know whether you are aware - was the fact that there was a fire at the Meru Law Courts Registry in 2005. The other difficulty was that the officers who were initially investigating this matter at Garba-Tulla Police Station, stated that when they embarked on the investigations, they went there, but the possible witnesses refused to record statements. They demanded to first be paid by the Government before they could co-operate in the investigations. The PCIO ordered that the investigations be handed over, from Garba-Tulla Police Station, to Isiolo in 2006. That order was made on 1st November, 2006. Investigations are ongoing. Some of the military personnel who were involved in that joint exercise which resulted in the killings are not here. They are on a mission in Sierra Leone where they are deployed. I am sure that when they come back, investigations will be expedited. I understand that they will soon be coming back from Sierra Leone."
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