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    "id": 590019,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a University where retired President Kibaki holds very dear. Every time I remind him that there is a graduation day as I will remind him this year, he asks why they are not speeding up. Tell the National Lands Commission and President Uhuru to speed up, we want to grow. We also want to expand the Kakamega Airstrip. We want to lengthen the runway, and because it is adjacent to Shikusa, we want to move villagers around the Airstrip so that we convert our Airstrip into an Airport. Less than 10 per cent of the people on Kenya Airways and Fly 540 who land in Kisumu, even those who will land today, will spend the night in Kisumu. The rest of the people who land at the airport in Kisumu are forced to drive all the way to Busia, Mumias, Bungoma and other areas because we lack our own airport. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my time is up but I would like to conclude by speaking to something that is very dear to me. At the moment, the Constitution of Kenya provides for death penalty. The last president to effect that law was President Moi. President Kibaki left office without ever effecting that law. President Uhuru took oath to uphold the Constitution of Kenya. Knowing very well that law exists, our judges and magistrates pronounce death penalty from time to time and it is unfortunate that it is only President Moi who, unfortunately, for political considerations allowed death penalty to take effect. I ask President Uhuru to relieve the congestion in prisons. All the people on death penalty should pay as the judges found them guilty. What are they still doing there? These are the same people who break out of prison and go to rape our women and children. I support that this be done because it requires a strong man to be a president. When one swears to be the president and you cannot uphold the provision of death penalty in our Constitution--- The other considerations should only be in church. However, when it comes to the hot seat, you must ensure that the prisoners who are on death penalty, serve as an example to those who are thinking of committing similar crimes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as law makers, we made a very big mistake when we provided that hardcore criminals can be released on bond. It is now so common to find that a person has committed murder in Kakamega and when he is released on bond, he goes back to the village and because the people he had targeted were two and he had succeeded in knocking out one, the person comes to Kawangware in Nairobi where Luhya’s like living and then takes a night bus, arrives at Kakamega at 3.00a.m., kills somebody and then comes back to Nairobi. This is all because of the so called bail. I have an ongoing case where a Form Four boy, the son of Ignatius Likolokoli Mabia, a student at Lirhembe Academy, was last week hacked by a hardcore from Kawangware, called Martin. This was---"
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