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    "id": 401386,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me, first of all, thank the Chairperson for coming up with this Statement, but at the same time, state that I am very dissatisfied with the Statement as given to this House today. The Statement has taken too long until it is almost overtaken by events. This Statement was supposed to be issued three weeks ago when we were doing the burials of these victims, and when I asked for this Statement, I was seeking for assistance to help the families of the bereaved bury their loved ones. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he says only six individuals or families were assisted in the burials. One, can he table the names of the families which were assisted? Two, I stated earlier here that I lost five people from my constituency and none of them was assisted. I did harambees for the five families to enable them sent the bodies home for burial. So, I want to know why the five families were not assisted. That is number one. Secondly, what criteria were used to select the six that were assisted, yet we lost over 70 people in this particular tragedy? Thirdly, he says there is a Committee or a task force that has been formed; we want to know when they will complete their job so that we know how the more than Kshs125 million that was raised by Kenyans was used. We, as a Senate also contributed more than Kshs2 million to this kitty. So, these are public funds. We want accountability and transparency in the disbursement of these funds. Lastly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, His Excellency the President, with his own mouth – I watched him on television at State House in a press conference say that the Government was going to help the families with the burial arrangements and all that. We want to know exactly how much or what assistance the Government extended to these families, because I am aware that the five families that lost their people in Hamisi were not assisted with anything. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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