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    "id": 1092354,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cecily Mbarire",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, let me also start by thanking the Hon. Member for Runyenjes, Hon. Eric Muchangi, for finding it fit to bring this matter before this House. I am also seized of what has been happening in that particular part of Runyenjes Constituency since Sunday. The community, right now, is out there demonstrating. The reason is that the explanations given by the police, as to the circumstances leading to the death of the two young men, are not convincing at all. The last thing that should happen to any Kenyan hoping to be in the best protection is to die under the same so-called “protection.” So, we are seeking to know the truth about the death of Emanuel and Njiru. We want to know how they died in the hands of police officers while inside a police vehicle. The explanation that is being given is not adequate and satisfactory. We, therefore, seek real answers through the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. We want the Inspector-General of Police to come in and ensure that justice is done. More importantly, as Mheshimiwa Eric has said, we would like to see an overhaul of the security system in Embu County because it is becoming a real problem, not just in Runyenjes, but in the entire Embu County. We want those situations settled. We ask the police to stop harassing peaceful demonstrators who only have one way of expressing themselves: demonstrating across the town. Today, Mr. Kamunyoti and his wife are mourning the death of their two children. We do not know whether tomorrow we will be talking about an entire village that will have been wiped out! Hon. Speaker, this matter is not only important, but also very urgent. I would like the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security to understand that people are waiting for answers, therefore, this issue needs to move very swiftly, so that we can get to know how those two young men died at a time when they were at their prime in the university. We mourn as the people of Runyenjes. We mourn as the people of Embu County. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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