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    "id": 1121202,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Government did something about the ATPU. Otherwise, we will get to a point where Members of this House will be arrested and disappear and we will take it for granted. The ATPU is fond of arresting people and detaining them illegally on allegations of terror related charges. That is so wrong. I appeal to the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU), the Inspector General of Police and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. The moment they allow the ATPU to be rogue, it will come for all of us. So, it must follow the law. This is because it has been blamed in many of these issues. I hope the relevant agencies have listen to this. They either disband ATPU if they cannot control it. We agree that ATPU is important in the fight against terrorism. We want to be part of the global community that fights terror. Kenya is at a position that is predisposed to terror attacks. However, this should not be an excuse to abuse and undermine the rule of law and Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. If the IG and CS cannot control the ATPU and the Homeland Security, it should be disbanded or reconstituted. Madam Temporary Speaker, young people from the northern part of Kenya and the coastal region are allegedly abducted by security officers each and every day. The biggest threat to young people living in these regions is to be arrested or killed by the ATPU officers. They are then dumped in Tsavo or in rivers. We used to think that issues of extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances were only in towns, in Northern Kenya and the Coast until it struck home in Nandi County. For example, last year but one, the police allegedly killed Lazarus Tirop and Cornelius Kipkogei in Lessos because of not wearing a mask. If you remember, the police station was burnt down. We have reduced the life of a person to a mask, which costs Kshs20. We have a problem as a country. We hope the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and IPOA will fast track prosecution of such cases. In Tabolwa Village, Mosop, two young men, one by the name Kevin Kipchumba and another one called Boniface Kiprotich were allegedly killed by police. We have pushed the DPP and he is yet to approve the file and ensure that these people are prosecuted. We ask the DPP and Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to ensure that some of these cases are prosecuted. The famous Willy Kimani case whose prosecution is ongoing. We also remember the Kianjokoma brothers who were allegedly killed by police. We want those cases to be fast-tracked so that any rogue police officer or security agencies appreciates the sanctity of life. Therefore, for the lives that have been lost, the prosecution must be done expeditiously so that people are brought to book. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is in the public domain that allegedly the DPP and DCI do not see each other eye to eye. However, their differences are less of our concern as a Republic. We want them to deliver on their mandate."
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