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    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kariuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the President",
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        "legal_name": "Kariuki Mirugi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have had occasion to read this Report and I must say that I have no quarrel with the recommendations. The general recommendations that have been submitted within the Report, I think are well intended, and they should be supported. However, listening to the presentation by the Leader of the Official Opposition, particularly about the history of this matter; stretching back to 1997 as the Report indicates and coming all the way to 2001 and 2003, I think there is need to have a more detailed Report than what we have. I think what we have is a tail-end of a long story. I think we need to bring all the facts to the fore, so that they can be put for consideration. We need a full-length picture of this scandal. We also need to engage all the people we suspect were the architects of this particular system, as the Leader of the Official Opposition states. Mr. Speaker, Sir, an hon. Member said that the Committee did not want to draw any adverse conclusions on any individual. I think that is why it made the recommendations it made. But looking at the body of the Report, there are a few issues of concern that I think should be addressed. I know that the body of the Report, really does not carry as much weight as the recommendations. So, at the end of the day, I think we shall be voting for the recommendations in the Report. April 5, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 395 I listened to Mr. Kipchumba's submission before the House and I would like specifically to refer to Section 22, Subsection 3 of the Constitution, on the responsibilities of Ministers. If you look at the Report, particularly in reference to His Excellency the Vice-President, it uses the word \"control\", but the Constitution says, \"general direction and control.\" I do not know whether the omission of the word \"general\" was deliberate and intended to create a greater responsibility than that anticipated by the Constitution. The Constitution is very clear."
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