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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "be dealt with. The last meeting aborted but we shall reschedule that. We urge Members to attend when invited. A report has just been given by Sen. Haji regarding the Petition on settlement of awards to ex-Kenya Air Force officers and servicemen. We met the petitioners, the Cabinet Secretaries in charge of Defence and the National Treasury and the Attorney- General. We have tabled a report before this House. The second Petition was about the rising cases of insecurity in Laikipia West Constituency in Laikipia County. The Committee has scheduled meetings with the petitioners and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. A visit to the affected area will be undertaken and a report will be tabled. The third Petition was brought by Sen. Khaniri. The Petition was about the enactment of a military veteran law. It had earlier been referred to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare but later on, it was referred to our Committee. The Committee has planned to invite Sen. Khaniri. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in that period, we visited Kakamega, Nandi, Kisumu as well as Kitui counties. The Committee jointly undertook with the Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration to address issues of border disputes and insecurity. That report will come to the House. During the Senate sittings, the Committee together with the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights visited Kitui Maximum Prison to oversight the status of the prison. We have also been visiting other prisons and borstal institutions across the country. The Committee also held key meetings as follows: We had meetings on police reforms and housing programmes with the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government and different agencies. The issues of double registration of motor vehicles, new generation of number plates, extra-judicial killings in the country, roadblocks, status of border posts in the country and issuance of e-passports were discussed. For the remainder of this quarter, the Committee has planned to convene a workshop on drugs and youth radicalization. We will also have a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade to deliberate, among others, integrity and security of Kenya’s borders. We have heard a matter of Migingo Island. We also have issues with our maritime border with Somalia. There is also an issue in the north at Elemi Triangle that we raised in this House a week ago. Concerning the status of all our missions abroad, some are in a poor state. We will deliberate on pending bills before the Committee. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I would like to thank all the Members. The Committee has dedicated Members who always attend meetings on time and we always have quorum. We also have a dedicated Secretariat, led by Ms. Rose Mudibo, and a legal team and researchers. We thank them for the great work they have been doing."
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