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    "id": 1093490,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, regarding police brutality, I know we were given a few minutes to talk about it, but it is an important matter. During this time, many people complained. We have had issues of IPOA and their inability to deal with these issues. It is about time the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government counselled these police officers who are brutalizing citizens during curfew hours. It is a little hypocritical for them to think that they are saving Kenyans, yet they actually end up putting them in more trouble. This issue of unleashing torrents of violence on these Kenyans is not something that we should be doing. Madam Temporary Speaker, I request that the police service rethinks their operations. They should have a conversation with these people. In fact, instead of arresting people and sending them to prisons where they are not safe, they should be escorting these people to their homes. The other issue that is very important and personal to me is that of the security situation in Laikipia and that of the pastoralists. Earlier on, I raised a Statement on the security situation in Laikipia. Historically, the land in Laikipia belonged to the Maasai and Samburu herders. It is wrong for us to forget that any European who came into this country never came with any land. In fact, they found that land here. Today, most of the people who own land in this country are foreigners. The native people, who were born and belong to this country, are treated as second class citizens. Madam Temporary Speaker, I call upon the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Interior and Coordination of National Government to seriously think about the utterances that he makes when it comes to the lives of our people. Our people depend on pasture. So, if you tell us that you are kicking us out, you already stole our land. Most of the land there is owned by former CSs and former powerful people in this Government. Originally, our people do not believe in the concept of a title deed. When our people, who are not taking that land but just passing there to look for pasture for their cows, they are killed. It is very painful when you see some of the pictures of innocent children and herders being shot by the police when the only thing they have is a small rungu to take care of their cows, so that they can send their children to school and put food on the table. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that we have been talking about what goes around comes around. I know that this current Government is protecting all these Europeans, something that really shocks me. The current administration makes the colonial"
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