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    "id": 1001892,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1001892/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "commissions not only dancing to the tune of the Executive, but also dancing at political rallies. During the last Parliament when IPOA was under Commissioner Njeru, I had an occasion to interact with them when lawyer Willy Kimani was murdered by policemen. Were it not for the help that we got from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and IPOA, we would never have got to the root cause of lawyer Willy Kimani’s death. In this year, many more people have died out of police brutality than from COVID-19. The police are competing with COVID-19 and floods in terms of causing harm to Kenyans. How many officers have been brought to book? It is not enough for IPOA to just document cases of police brutality. You should document and ensure that decisive action is taken against police officers who abuse the rights of Kenyans and injure them. Therefore, I echo Hon. Kimunya’s sentiments that we must, indeed, as a House, hold these independent commissions to account for the money we appropriate to them. But even as we do so, as an oversight House, we must also question ourselves on the role that we play in overseeing the Government."
}