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    "id": 698442,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Vice- Chairperson of the Committee for submitting this particular response. However, I want to be on record as having said that it is unfortunate that it had to take the Ministry of Interior and National Coordination a whole four months to respond to an issue of this magnitude. I also want to confirm that out of the five children who were reported missing, three children have been found. I, therefore, agree with the statement to that extent. However, I want to seek clarification with regard to the suspect. The responsibility of a Government is to protect its citizens and more specifically children. I want the Vice-Chairperson to indicate to us whether the suspect, known as Newton Kipleting, who was arrested, has been charged and whether he has been released on bail or not. We should be told the status of the case. The two families that lost their children are barely surviving in terms of their economic status. It is wrong for the Government to say they do not have a vote to cater for the burial yet it is its responsibility to provide security. In this case, the Government failed to provide the security and we ended up with children being kidnapped and killed. The families are not asking for compensation. They are asking for support to bury these children. I am aware of one situation in this particular case where the family had to postpone the burial for three days.The body of the young child had already decomposed when it was being buried yet the Government has the audacity to say they do not have a vote. This Government has resources. Why is it that they cannot provide resources to support families, especially in situations where they failed to carry out their responsibility? The other clarification is with regard to the disappearances of persons. They may not be students, but the Vice-Chairperson needs to know that even masters’ students who might be well over 40 years old are still students. Therefore, the indication that 40 year old might not reflect a student is not right because that could still be a student. This country is treading on a dangerous path when we make it look normal that 11 people disappeared in Tana River County and 12 people disappeared from Kakamega County. Who killed these people? We need to know if they were killed. Who is responsible for providing security? It is the Government. Could they give us more detail on this?"
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