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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Hon. Mbadi is my very good friend but he must be careful when he makes certain assumptions. I would have expected him, as a member of the PAC, to state very clearly the documentation that we were provided with. As you know, our Committee investigated this matter. I feel very pained because documents were presented to us on instances that the members of Finance Committee approved the leasing of Elgon Court and the purchase of the Chief Justice’s house. We have documentation and minutes to prove that. I speak as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We should not mislead the House because we have documentation. I can provide that. I do not want us to misstate facts that have already been presented to a Committee. I am making this proposal with a lot of courage, as Hon. Amina knows. She asked me: “Are you sure that you are going to be safe?” I told her that I was going to be very safe because this is money that belongs to Kenyans. It does not belong to those fellows who were given to administer. So, you must be responsible when you administer that money. Let me say this as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. If the Report will be taken to the EACC, we must take it with names. We do not want Mr. Halakhe to go and look for other names. We want to be very clear with names which will be taken to the EACC. These are the issues that we blame the EACC for, which is looking for everybody all over the place. We must be clear, as Parliament, so that the EACC is not being blamed every time. I feel pained here when we do not want to be clear. The CEO, together with the new commissioners need to be very clear on what Parliament wants to be achieved."
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