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    "id": 1064873,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, we have seen an alarming rate of intimidation meted on Members of Parliament, especially by the Executive. This afternoon, one of us, the Senator for Meru, Mithika Linturi, was kidnapped by some people who are suspected to be DCI officers. That is barbaric especially at such a time that we have come to debate a Bill that ostensibly will bring about good governance to our country. That is diabolic and backward, and it has to be stopped by Members of the National Assembly and the Senate. I want to remind the Executive that they can no longer continue to gag our democracy through the barrel of a gun. Democracy is a matter of debate and opinions. We cannot pretend and purport to be coming here to debate the BBI Report that purports to expand democracy and the voices of all when Members of Parliament are being intimidated on how to debate the Report. I seek your indulgence that we suspend this sitting until we know the welfare of one of us, Sen. Mithika Linturi. We do not know whether he is alive after he was kidnapped by the DCI officers in the precincts of Parliament. Thank you, I submit."
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