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    "id": 437938,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have been quiet and I want to start by saying that when I heard that the Speaker of the Embu County Assembly had been kidnapped and was lost, for the first time, I got frightened for my own safety because I believed that it is very unsafe to travel alone because somebody could very well just grab you and put you in their boot and deposit you wherever they want. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when it came to light that this particular Speaker had asked for security from the Government and that the Government ignored him even after he wrote several letters, then it shows that sometimes we ignore things which eventually can embarrass the State because it is bad enough that he was kidnapped and dumped or hidden somewhere and he has been dumped back. What if he had died? This would have been a terrible scar for the Government of the Republic of Kenya for failing to protect its own citizens. However, a bad story has ended well and I want to thank whoever it was that did this for bringing him back alive. He would have brought us so much trouble for no reason. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me now come back to Kericho County and say the following. We are actually debating here and setting up a committee to investigate allegations which we do not know about other than what we have read in the press. I do not want to go back to the ruling of the Chair but I would have been happier if I knew what it is that we are giving this Committee to go and deal with so that as they deal with it, if I have an interest in any matter, any one charge or I have information, I could go there and give it. But a ruling has been made and I hope the Committee will take the charges and deal with them. Looking at the Committee as formed, I can see all the sectors of this House inside; I can see the youth, experience, gender, different professions and the face of Kenya. So when a decision is finally made by the Committee, it will not be because it was my tribe The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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