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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "30 per cent of the procurement opportunities, that this House graciously passed. This is a Bill which I also sponsored. With respect to reports, we have a number of reports that are ready to be prioritised for consideration and adoption by the House. The first is the Report on the Committee’s Participation in the Conference on People with Disabilities in Geneva Switzerland on 18th to 24th August, 2015. Second, is a Report on the Committee’s Study Visit to Australia and New Zealand on the Aborigines and Maori Communities Interaction from 9th to 25th October, 2015. There is also a Report on the Committee’s Study Visit to Northern Ireland on Post- Conflict Experiences And Shared Futures, which also happened last year on 6th to 13th December. Those reports are all ready to be tabled. There is also a Report on Inter-community Conflicts in Baringo, West Pokot, Turkana and Samburu counties. The Committee had a chance to go to all those areas, interact with the communities and agree on certain issues, including the signing of the first Peace Agreement between the Turkana and Samburu communities, within Samburu County, that was done last year. It is an on-going activity. There are still some few people we would like to interrogate before tabling that Report because we do not want to table a report just for the sake of it. Those people include officers of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). This is because a lot of the proceeds of cattle rustling are finding their way to the Port of Mombasa for export and to the meat market in the Middle East. We also want to meet with the National Intelligence Service (NIS) as well as the Inspector-General of Police. Finally, there is the Report on Inter-Community Cohesion in Lamu County and its Environs. The Committee felt that, at the time we concluded with this matter, tabling of this Report would have, at that point, not helped the situation. We have done a follow-up on the issues in Lamu County and we have a follow-up report that we can table since there has been a better understanding between the communities in Lamu. The Committee has no petitions or motions pending before it. The Committee also has no sessional papers pending before it. We have cleared all the sessional papers that were referred to the Committee. There are no protocols before the Committee. As I conclude, I would like to reiterate that the Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity remains committed to concluding all the pending work in discharge of its mandate, as conferred on it, pursuant to Standing Order No.214 of the National Assembly. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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