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    "speaker_name": "Hon Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, I take this opportunity to assure and confirm to the House that we do not take such reports lightly. Any security report, even if it is a rumour, must be taken seriously until it is confirmed that it is a rumour. So, the Petition on this matter was brought before my Committee through your instruction. We have met the residents from Kiambu together with the MP and we want to confirm to the House that, as we speak, we have received reports that there are traces of Mungiki in Kiambu County and even in Nakuru. The Member for Nakuru, Hon. Gikaria, also reported to this Committee that he was even harmed by the same group. So, we want to confirm to the House that I have spoken to Hon. Ichung’wah and he has shown me that report. We are going to prioritize this issue. We are going to expedite it and in a week’s time we will demand the CS, Interior and Coordination of National Government and also the Inspector-General of Police, the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to give sufficient security to Hon. Ichung’wah. We do not want to praise this brilliant legislator when he is going to the box. You know what I mean. We do not want a repeat of what happened to Hon. Muchai, the parents of my friend, Hon. Aduma and the rest of those other suspicious murder cases. So, we will take this matter seriously and in a week’s time, we shall be able to give a report to this House. However, as a Committee, we will direct that Hon. Ichung’wah be given sufficient security but the CS, I-GP, DCI and NIS should get to the bottom of this issue. When Mungikis were operating in this town - and I want Hon. Members to give me a hearing - it took the efforts of the late Hon. Michuki to wipe them out from our midst. They had taken over all the bus stops, including Eldoret. So, we will take this matter seriously and report to the House. When Hon. Ngunjiri’s gun was taken away from him, we demanded that his gun be returned and we also copied the letter to you. So, we will demand that action be taken so that we do not lose the life of our brother here. We will also ensure that CCTVs are working. We voted as a House and as a Committee for some money and we want to make sure that those CCTVs are working and assisting Kenyans on all matters of surveillance in this country. Lastly, Hon. Midiwo mentioned the issue of reforms in the police and I want to confirm to the House that we have done a lot to amend the National Police Service Commission Act, to ensure that it is working and is delivering to Kenyans. The issue of parallel command, we have confronted it with the Inspector-General and the CS over 15 times and they have confirmed to me that in each and every county, there should be one person having overall command. That is because a parallel command will not assist Kenyans. Hon. Speaker, they have promised that they are going to take action and so far, they are telling me that some counties are being commanded by the Administration Police (AP) and others by the National Police Service (NPS). So, it is something that we are taking very seriously. With those few remarks, I want to confirm to the House that we will take action, expedite the Petition and demand that Hon. Ichung’wah be given maximum security. I thank you."
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