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    "content": "I wish to thank all those who have spoken in favour of this report. This is a very serious matter. The issues raised are of critical importance, not only to the way governance is conducted in this House, but also the way Committees of the House function. If you look at the challenges that faced the Committee, you will see that the most serious one was refusal to co-operate by senior Government officers, including senior police officers. Had they cooperated, probably, more information would have been unearthed. This was a public enquiry. Nobody was denied an opportunity to seek to appear before the Committee. Not even the Head of State. Nobody said that they attempted to clear their names and were denied the opportunity. So, for a Minister to come to this House and say that they were not given or afforded an opportunity is very unfair and insulting the intelligence of Kenyans. Unfortunately, Kenyans are far much more enlightened these days than they were in those days. The challenge that the Committee exposed to is set out in Paragraph 38. Let us not personalize these issues. It shows the people who appeared before the Committee, the composition of the Committee--- My good friend, Mr. Bifwoli, was a Member of that Committee. I was also a Member of that Committee. He is agreeing; by the way he is nodding. Let us look at what the challenges were and what recommendations were made. No reference was made, in conclusion regarding hon. Karua. So, I do not know why we have spent a lot of time deliberating on her conduct. The reference made to her, as a Minister, is there in the report. She has made her point. Everyone is entitled to make whatever point they wish to make. However, the recommendations are set out. Paragraph 111 says that the Committee was faced with a labyrinth of cover-ups of the activities of the Artur brothers. These cover-ups were legal, administrative as well as political. Despite this, the Committee was committed to establishing the truth therein. The intention of the Committee seems to have been read well by those covering up for the Artur brothers which made the work of the Committee difficult and triggered other challenges as enumerated therein such as refusal to own summons. Besides the cover up as a major challenge, the Committee issued summonses to key police witnesses who failed to appear before it. Summonses were issued to Mr. Patrick Lumumba, the Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD), Gigiri, Mr. Isaya Osugo, Nairobi PCIO, Mr. David Kimaiyo, Director of Operations Police Headquarters to appear before the Committee on 14th November. They did not appear despite being duly served. Summons were again issued to them to appear on 13th April but only Mr. Kimaiyo appeared briefly before he was recalled to his office as stated. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you can see the cover up that the Committee faced. The co-chair is here and I can see he is nodding and agreeing that he did outstanding work, given the challenges and obstacles that were placed in their way. Failure by the police to cooperate is the main challenge that is addressed in this Report. They say failure by the police to cooperate is closely related to the foregoing like what befell the Select Committee on the disappearance and murder of the late Member of Parliament for Nyandarua North, the late Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, the work of the joint committee was hampered by lack of cooperation on the part of the police all of which appear to constitute a massive and determined cover up. Judging from the behavior of the senior police officers and the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal"
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