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    "id": 1076014,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1076014/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso North, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13488,
        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
        "slug": "edward-oku-kaunya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate the response given by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security regarding the action taken to arrest the officer and charge him in court for murder. However, I am not satisfied with two aspects. Again, the Report is not factual on the question of firing. It says that one of the officers fired in the air using his official Ceska pistol. It assumes that the one who was killed was in the air and on the ground at the same time. Practically, that cannot happen. Secondly, the Report is not clear. The initial IPO Report indicated that the shot aimed at the target and not in the air. This Report does not show that it was the target. If it was not targeted, and there was a crowd surrounding the officers, pelting them with stones, then, we would have had two or even three people shot. That bit ought to have been clarified. Finally, there is the question of compensation. When Elephants and Lions destroy properties and are in turn killed, people are compensated. When an innocent mwananchi is shot, there should be compensation. When my Committee was going round the country, we found out that even the police officers are killed or hurt in the line of duty and there is no compensation for them. That is an aspect that the Ministry needs to consider. My question on compensation is on this sentence: “The Ministry has no vote to cater for the compensation of the victim. However, the family may seek compensation through a civil court procedure.” The young man who was killed comes from a very poor family. They cannot even afford an advocate to follow up a civil process. My emphasis is that the Government should find a way of compensating them. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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