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    "id": 74818,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Mr. Speaker, Sir, commissions of inquiry are established in accordance with the Commissions of Inquiry Act, Cap.102, Laws of Kenya. At the time the reports requested were prepared, the law then provided that they be handed over to the appointing authority which was the President of the Republic of Kenya. In accordance with the law, the President was not obliged to divulge the findings of inquiry to the public. Several considerations were taken into account before a report of a commission of inquiry was released. The major consideration included national security and public order. For instance, the report would have contained confidential details on matters incidental thereto whose disclosure would jeopardize national security and public order and, therefore, injure national interest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the new Constitution and the recent amendments to the Commissions of Inquiry Act do not by whatsoever means of interpretation require the retrospective application of the new law. However, the Akiwumi Report was released in 2002 to the public and is available at the Government printer and, therefore, in the public domain. On the alleged raid on the Retired Archbishop Gitari’s house in Kirinyaga on 21st April, 2009 and a search conducted at Wang’uru Police Station within which the issue falls indicates that there is no record of the incident. However, it should be noted that such records are not permanent and are usually destroyed after expiry of specified periods of time, according to Force Standing Orders authorizing that documents can be destroyed after ten years. I wish to table the Force Standing Orders that say the same. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of Akiwumi Report, as I have mentioned is under public domain and I managed to get a copy from the Government Printer for Kshs600. So, the hon. Member can also go ahead and get a copy. I wish to table the copy of the Akiwumi Report."
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