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    "content": "This report is very clear on what it recommends. Let me make it clear that this Report has properly come to this House. It has gone through the House Business Committee. It has been signed by majority of the Members of the House Committee, and it is very properly before the House. Let the truth be told and the guilty continue to be afraid. Let the people of Kenya know that there are people in this country who will never rest until the culture of impunity is brought to an end. This is only one of the steps that will be taken to ensure that the culture of impunity is brought to an end and that this country is governed by the rule of law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is nowhere in this Report where there is any recommendation which was directed at hon. Prof. Saitoti, who at that time was the Vice- President of this Republic. But it tells me so much that even the Vice-President to the Republic of Kenya could be poisoned on the very day that Dr. Ouko was killed and not he, himself, could bring that matter to this House. But I am glad that in this new dispensation, Prof. Saitoti can stand up and tell Kenyans that he himself went through this. He was poisoned but, fortunately, he did not die like Dr. Ouko. So, I would imagine that he would be supporting those who are calling for transparency and a thorough investigation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the record, let me say what the Committee recommends finally on page 134 of the Report. The Committee recommended as follows:- (i) “The Government should institute fresh investigations into the circumstances of the disappearance and death of Dr. Robert J. Ouko.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what harm can there be for calling for investigations to bring to justice or light the circumstances under which Dr. Ouko died? I urge this House to come to reason and let us agree that a proper investigation needs to be carried out. This House, as has been so ably pointed out, is not in a position itself to undertake criminal investigations. So, we are urging that the Government machinery moves in and conducts investigations that will enable even Prof. Saitoti to come forward and tell the Committee or investigators what he knows that he could not say during that regime when Dr. Ouko died. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg this House to set the mood and circumstances under which we can enter this new dispensation where we recognize that institutions are far bigger than names and that the rule of law is bigger than one individual no matter how powerful or what position they hold in society. I urge this House with utmost respect and humility to adopt this Report, so that we can carry out a thorough investigation into circumstances under which this illustrious and bright Kenyan died and then the law can take its course. That is all that is being asked. I do not see why anybody would oppose investigation into circumstances of death. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move."
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