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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wangari",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, though I appreciate the frustrations of the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, I attended the Kamukunji in this House earlier today and we were very categorical that some of these things need to be taken more seriously. We demanded that the IG appears in person or sends his deputy because he had not done that. However, I refer the Committee to Article 125 of the Constitution:- “(1)Either House of Parliament, and any of its committees, has power to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence or providing information. (2) For the purposes of clause (1), a House of Parliament and any of its committees has the same powers as the High Court.” We must not push this buck to the Majority Leader in this House. I have seen the powers of summon work. Even now in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee, we are now meeting the very stubborn governor of Kakamega through summons. The powers of the committees are much guaranteed in the Constitution. I encourage the Committee not to pass the buck because this issue is quite critical and it is not the only one. The issue of families sleeping, not knowing whether their children are alive or not is not an issue we can push and joke around with. I ask the Committee to exercise their powers as provided for in Article 125 of the Constitution. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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