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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to admit that this is a very embarrassing lapse for the Government. It undermines our national security. It is necessary that we get to the bottom of this matter in order to restore confidence in ourselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, among the items recovered at the house of these persons were security items. They were all seen on television footage, and I want to repeat something I have said before, that this Government does not and did not, even at that time, intend a cover-up. If it was intended, the media would have been excluded from that search in the house. It was at night and it was possible to go on without including the Press. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having realised that this embarrassing lapse which ought not to have occurred in the first place, had occurred, the Government realises fully that the police cannot investigate itself. That is why today, His Excellency the President, under the Commission of Inquiries Act, appointed a Commission of civilians to look into this matter. It will be chaired by a retired former Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shadrack Kiruki, who will be deputised by Bishop Etemesi and also one lawyer. This matter involves those who would ordinarily investigate, but we need to get to the bottom of it. It is an emotional issue, but we are asking everybody to realise, just like the Leader of the Official Opposition has said, one cannot be a judge in their own cause. So, we realise that we cannot, as a Government, be the ones probing ourselves. Let anybody with information that he thinks that we, as a Government, have previously not taken full advantage of, let it out there in the public domain, then the Government be told that it refused to act. The actions taken so far are just interim. The Government intends to deal with this matter decisively and expeditiously. I want to agree with my good friend, Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o, that this matter must be concluded in a manner that satisfies the public. Therefore, as per that Gazette Notice which is out in the public, this particular Commission of Inquiry will report within 45 days. One of the things they will be recommending is not only whether there should be criminal prosecution or investigation--- It is not limited to those suspended. It is also to those who have not yet been netted. We realise that there could be other lapses that have occurred without our knowledge regarding entry of the undesirable. I am, therefore, telling influence peddlers that their days are numbered."
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