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    "id": 1030234,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "This is a wake-up call for us to make our police stations human friendly so that, when you are arrested, you are held comfortably. The whole point is not torture like the old days when there were supposed to be torture chambers. But they are isolation centres where you are denied your freedom until you are taken to court. In between arrest and release, you are not supposed to be maimed forever because of the conditions you are subjected to in the cells or other situations. I support the Committee’s work and Report. I hope even as they bring other reports on other visits, they will be asking that when we come to the budgetary allocation, we will put in some money. This is because intentions can only be so good until they are either put in law or in a budget. It is only when we put some money and revamp some of these police stations that we will have done something for our people out there. This is because any of you could be part of the swoop arising from a curfew and end up being subjected to a police station. It is even worse for our refugee community and we still have a pending Refugee Bill where some of these things will be taken into consideration. Somebody has suffered the loss of their identity and left their country under difficult circumstances. When they are looking for human solace and a place to be assisted, they end up in deplorable conditions. That is why we keep wondering life cannot be any worse in this world. You leave your home because you are running away from trouble and where you go is worse. I think this is some of the radicalisation you see people getting into because of the state of desperation. They have been through it all and there is nothing to stop them from fighting against the rest of humanity. I could go on and on but let me leave it there. I support the Committee and their recommendation on increasing budgetary allocation. So, we need to revamp our police stations and the transport systems to ensure we have protection for our police, the co-accused and the whole chain from the police station through the courts to the remand centres and, eventually, to the prison so that they are safe from COVID-19 and one suffers only one jeopardy of either the fine or imprisonment. But not a term of death occasioned by the conditions one is subjected to in the whole process. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those words, I beg to second."
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