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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Munyes",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the amendment is not very clear to me, but I want to proceed by highlighting the anxiety in Turkana County that was received yesterday by the deliberations over this matter. This is a very sensitive matter that touches on illegality, impunity and other wrongs that should be taken as lessons. When something wrong happens, the whole country should take it as a lesson. We want to draw lessons from what is happening in Turkana. As you know, Senators may not be in possession of all the information on this matter. However, when it happened, I took some steps to bring together the Executive and the County Assembly. The letter reached the Controller of Budget and funds were withheld for one month. However, we went ahead to constitute a team. I want to thank the Speaker of Turkana County Assembly for what he did for Turkana and for Kenya. We went ahead and started investigations. The investigations came up with recommendations and I realised that they wanted to acknowledge ignorance on the matter. They suggested that in future, they should pick culprits who were engaged in the matter. Therefore, I want to propose that we should not try to blame the Governor or the individuals there because it is not clear who did what. The people of Turkana want a situation where this matter is referred back for private investigations. That is what I am gathering. The matter should be discussed further. Probably the Standing Committee of the Senate should go back to the Turkana County Executive and County Assembly so that we draw lessons from this matter. With those few remarks, I thank you."
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