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    "id": 1003511,
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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": "When that incident happened, I brought the Statement to this House. After that, I spoke to the Inspector General of Police. He gave me his chief protocol officer. I went to Kiamaiko with the IG’s officers with support from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to sit with the community and to say pole. At least, they gave something just to say pole to the family, but I told them that boy will never come back because of one rogue officer. Today, I am happy that Patrick Ndiema has been charged in court with murder. We have had other cases in Korogocho. We had a case in Kasarani of a boy called Nandwa, who was killed in the protests for the road. The protests were so many. I called the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC), the security team of Kasarani and the Director General of Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), a Mr. Kinoti. I summoned them to my office at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre (KICC). We sat together with the Matatu Owners Association in Kasarani and agreed on what to do with the road. It took long, but now the contract has been given. When we went back to the ground, we told them that the road will be done, but that boy will never come back to life. That officer must also be charged. The officer involved in Cherono’s case must be charged. The few elements spoiling the very good name of the Police Service should not make us think that the Kenya Police Service is like what we are seeing in the United States of America(USA). It is a few and not all. We must also encourage those who are doing a good job. Those who are doing a bad job, but those who are still in the olden days of police brutality must be brought to book. Mr. Speaker Sir, the other side to this is that people must also behave well; I told them. They said it was true that they were the ones stoning the police first and throwing water at them from balconies. A police officer must protect his life. Police officers were also afraid, but there was no justification for the loss of life. I want to tell the people of Kenya that for us to have a responsible Police Service, let us also, as the people of Kenya, be responsible and move from the days of ‘ haki yetu ’ to ‘ wajibu wetu,’ and then we can have a good society. Mr. Speaker Sir, I thank you for directing that those Committee changes be done."
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