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    "id": 588433,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I stand a bit hesitantly because I am a Member of County Public Accounts and Investments Committee and I was not in attendance because I was chairing the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. The issue of Narok County is an issue that has been before this House for a long time and, therefore, may be the Committee wanted to dispose of it, one way or another. But, is it really in order, in disposing it, to do it in furtherance of impunity? To me, taking into account what Sen. Madzayo has said, I support him; it is the governor who ought to have come. The Committee summoned the governor. Until the governor comes in, we have a Statement from the county secretary and, therefore, we are saying the governor is right, we shall continue with the county secretary’ his statement. I was not there but I am surprised that the Committee did not see it fit to immediately order some arrests through the procedures for the governor to come. To recommend that we have received a statement but we cannot read it because of the precedent from the ruling of the Speaker on the matter, and though it may take time, we feel that the governor should be summoned so that we can interrogate him and to guide the Senate as a Committee on steps that ought to be taken. It is as if we are abandoning our responsibility; we say, okay, we have got a letter; it is up to you now to see what to do. Whereas, as a Committee, we ought to have taken some action and summoned the governor so that we can interrogate him and give some guidance to this Committee on the way forward. So, is it in order that we should continue to further impunity on this matter by allowing such a Statement to be read on the Floor of the House?"
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