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    "id": 1046605,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu East, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shakeel Shabbir",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. I have a request for a Statement on the destruction of Kibos Mosque in Kisumu County. Pursuant to Standing Order 44(2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the recent demolition of Kibos Mosque in Kisumu East Constituency. On the night of Friday, 5th February 2021, the Government, through the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), destroyed an 83-year-old Musa Jamia Mosque in Kibos, Kisumu, in a stark affront to the sanctity of the holy places of worship for Muslims and other religions. Incidentally, the original mosque, in its corrugated iron sheet structure, was built by the East African Railways and Harbours in 1938 and has been regularly upgraded to the permanent structure that was demolished together with the homes of nearly 5,000 residents, mostly of the Nubian community. The demolition led to the death of two children who were crushed in their houses by bulldozers since they were overcome by teargas that was thrown into the mosque and the houses before demolition. Their bodies were secretly removed by the authorities and their parents have been threatened into silence. Article 43(1) (d) of the Constitution gives every person the fundamental right to accessible and adequate housing. At the same time, Kenya is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Evictions, which requires evictions to be done in a humane manner during daytime and with adequate notice. It is on account of these demolitions, impunity and disregard for human and religious rights that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the following: 1. What was the basis of the senseless demolition of the Kibos Mosque and people’s houses in the middle of the night? 2. Why did evictions take place at night, which exposes the evictees to cold and other dangers? 3. Could the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government provide immediate and urgent assurances that no other forced evictions will take place anywhere in the country during the current raging epidemic and at night? 4. Could the Government provide assurance that any necessary eviction in future will involve adequate notice, assistance and resettlement of evictees in a humane and legally compliant approach? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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