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    "id": 920582,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, my Committee informs all Senators of our activities on our digital platforms. The first Petition that we dealt with was on awards to ex-Kenya Air force officers and servicemen by the courts. We have repeatedly met the CS for the Ministry of Defence, Chief of Defence Forces, National Treasury, the Attorney-General and the petitioners. We held our final meeting on the 1982 attempted coup and we will bring our report to the House. The second Petition was on insecurity caused by illegal camel herding in Teri B Ranch in Taita-Taveta County. We have had deliberations with the Senator; we went to the ground in Taita-Taveta County and received the views of the County Government. Our report is ready. However, it is important to note that there are still issues around that and that is one area where we have to pronounce ourselves strongly, as a House. Under Article 245(2) of the Constitution, the Committee on Administration and National Security of the National Assembly and our Committee successfully vetted the nominee to the position of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hillary Mutyambai. We brought a report to the House and the nominee has since been appointed to serve as the Inspector-General of Police by H.E. the President. In respect to the county visits, we have undertaken successful visits to Taita- Taveta, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale counties. We intend to visit Kakamega, Kisumu and Nandi counties to assess not just the state of borstal institution but the state of security and all matters under our mandate. We undertook an oversight visit on the implementation of the matter of Solai Dam Tragedy to evaluate the status of implementation jointly with the standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are scheduled to meet the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to receive a comprehensive status report on the implementation of the resolutions by this House. We made strong resolutions in this House on the issue of Solai Dam that have informed some of the prosecution in court. We keep reiterating to all and sundry that resolutions of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya are not suggestions. They are resolutions of Parliament and they must be adhered to. In collaboration with the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC), we have two inquiries. One is on the state of prisons just as you have heard in the statement by Sen. Halake. It comes in line with that. We have visited the GK Prisons of Kwale and Kilifi. During these visits, we have noted the issue of land belonging to prisons being at the risk of being grabbed. We have earmarked those parcels of land and passed them to the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. Madam Temporary Speaker, some of the issues affecting prisons include; lack of surveillance technology and congestions in prisons because the remandees are unable to raise bail and bond imposed by the courts. We are imploring on the JLAC to look at the structure of our criminal justice system because it costs much more per day to keep some of these remandees in jail who need to pay Kshs2,000 or Kshs3,000. It cost less to release them. We need to have a legal framework on how this can be done. Secondly, we are inquiring into the issue of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in this country to find out why this issue is so prevalent. The The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}