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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, on the matter of Westgate, we have all agreed that the Westgate affair is a grave matter. That it is a grave matter cannot be overemphasized. The Westgate crime is not an ordinary crime. Ordinarily, if it was a criminal matter that happens every other day, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) would have been given the mandate to investigate it. This is a case where the police, KDF, the Minister in charge of security and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) are all being questioned. Their actions or inactions are being questioned. It only follows that the route that was proposed by the President is the best route to follow and, therefore, it would have been advisable that this House gives the proposed judicial commission of inquiry the chance to delve into these matters deeply before it is seized of the matter. This is because it was suspect when the two committees with a lot of zeal took up the matter. Again, you find that the members of the Committee - in fact the Chairmen of the two Committees - fall over themselves to embrace people they are supposed to be investigating. Hon. Speaker, these kinds of actions put this House into disrepute. They put this House into a very serious situation in the eyes of the public. Therefore, I want to conclude by saying that this Parliament cannot be seen to be investigating everything under the sun. There is a limit to which it can go in as far as investigations are concerned more so preliminary investigations. I hold that this matter of Westgate be left to experts and, in fact, this House needs to urge the President to follow through his promise and appoint the commission of inquiry to put this matter to rest otherwise the rumours, innuendoes and speculations will continue and this House will be part of those speculations. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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