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    "id": 588451,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am now getting concerned that the matter is getting deeper than what we expected. Did Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale know that somebody somewhere will go to court to try to stop the Senate from discussing issues of Narok? When I became a Member of the Committee, I attended three meetings and the Narok issue was almost coming to an end but I do not know what happened immediately after that. The issue of people being accused of having been compromised cannot be taken easily. I think something has happened somewhere. The reason why the governor did not come to the meeting is because he was going to sabotage his stand on matters affecting the County of Narok. Perhaps, his lawyers advised him to the contrary. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this matter should be opened again for debate. Otherwise, we will be ashamed as a Senate for dealing with a matter like the Narok issue for such a long time without a resolution. I have a lot of faith in Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in terms of dealing with committee Members but that faith will be eroded. Let us start asking ourselves whether we will operate as though the public does not know what we are doing. The people of Narok are as intelligent as Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s people, my people and the people of Kajiado. Let us be honest today and say that this matter is of grave concern. We need to sort out this matter, otherwise if we wait, we will hear that someone has died in Narok. All these things will follow if a situation like this one takes a lot of time. We can expect bad things to happen. The governor for Narok knew what he was doing. The people who were concerned about his activities in Narok are very much aware of what the governor is doing as well. As far as I am concerned, we left this matter to the Auditor-General and he was to clarify certain issues. I am sure even if I was not in the next meeting, issues were clarified. From there, what have we been doing because it cannot be solved by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? It can only be solved by the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget which was to report to Senate and say exactly what happened. As far as I am concerned, that report has been avoided. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, time has come for this matter to be given priority."
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