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    "id": 862090,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "week when the rest travel, can get into the details of maize and its effects thereof. I know that Sen. Murkomen has had a run-in with some people about this maize issue. I hope that we can discuss those things. This morning, I had the privilege of attending one of the Committees and we need to empower our Committees for them to do their work. Some Committees are facing a lot of challenges. There is a Governor who has refused to come to the Senate and he has been summoned but the Inspector General (IG) has refused to bring that Governor. Instead, he says; ‘go and get a court order’. We cannot work like that because it is obvious under Article 125 of the Constitution that these Committees are like the High Court of Kenya. We must make it clear that if a Committee issues an order for anybody to appear, they do not need a court order for they are a court. I was baffled to see that somebody in the office of the IG can write an official note to this Senate saying; ‘please bring a court order’. What happens to the people who advise this Senate? This cannot be a negotiation. Otherwise, the Committee like the one investigating maize or the others that we are going to form will face various challenges from these Government functionaries. Let us empower our Committees. Let us give them teeth to bite and let us “bite” one person for the rest to learn a lesson."
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