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    "id": 101783,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to make a few comments in support of the Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya as a nation has suffered a lot from organized crimes since the colonial days. You remember during the colonial days, we had a lot of oathing taking place here and there. After Independence, we had a lot of that also, though the ones before Independence were associated with liberation. So, we can put it aside that it was part of our struggle. After Independence, we had continued oathing which came in, in the days of Moi and people were forced to get involved in oathing activities. Very little was done to those people committing such crimes. It is good that the Minister has covered that quite well in the Bill. We know that we have organized groups in Kenyan villages, urban centres and cities. Mr. Wetangula has talked of such well known groups as Angola Musumbiji and Mungiki which is terrorizing people across the country, the touts who have organized their groups that are terrorizing travelers and people operating matatus. We have heard about Bhagdad. The Chinkororo are very notorious for what they do in Kisii. They are all over the place. These people get away with crimes. Chinkororo cut people, they do all kinds of things but very few of them have been taken to court. Even if they are taken to court, they end up getting a light sentence. They come out and continue with the criminal activity. I have not heard of serious punishment being meted against people interfering with travelers or the operation of matatus. Mombasa Road is very notorious for organized robbers. We have well organized robbers along Mombasa-Nairobi Road. Sometimes back in early 1990s, I was one of their victims. There were organized groups which always"
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