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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina)",
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order on the conduct of the security personnel at the entrance of Parliament main buildings. This afternoon I came to Parliament and the car in front of me at the gate had the bonnet and boot opened, which I did not understand. When it was my turn, I protested. Is it that Members here are a security risk to Parliament? It is demeaning. If there is need, then an equipment which can sense threats in the car should be bought. However, Members should not be subjected to that procedure. Before long, we will be told to come out of the car and remove our trousers for inspection. I caution the House that some things may look small, but they are demeaning. In the history of this country, there were times when the official limousine of the then Vice President, the late hon. Moi, would be stopped in Naivasha and inspected in the boot and the bonnet as if he was a terrorist and yet he was the Vice President of this country. We cannot go back to that era. Incidences have happened in this House. Hon. Members are not honourable by name, but for their patriotism and sacrifices they make for this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is your department. Do they inspect your car? They do not. Let us not have this class system. We are all Members of Parliament and cannot be a threat to ourselves. If any of us has been suspected to be a terrorist, let him be picked up in the right way, but not by being embarrassed in front of everyone. We should not have a line of cars formed on the premise of an inspection by a policeman whose training and political intention are not clear. Let us protect the dignity of this House. Can this be streamlined? Let things be put in order. We are in the civilized era and not in the pre-colonial period when there were no laws and yet laws were made by men."
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