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    "content": "(Prof. Saitoti): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be quite happy to bring documentation on that. I think the key thing to do now is to proceed. The hon. Member for Gwassi has asked whether I have been receiving the correct information or not. In my Statement, I said that upon my demand for the information as to the circumstances that led to the killing of the seven taxi drivers by the Administration Police Officers, I received it very quickly. That information has some truth in it. However, I felt that there were certain things that I was not convinced of. I was not convinced that the Administration Police Officers, before shooting dead those people, they tried to disperse the crowd. The information was to the effect that there was a confrontation between the taxi drivers and the boda boda cyclists. That is what made the officers to go and quell the chaos. Of course, in line with the rule of engagement, before a police officer shoots someone dead, first and foremost, it has to be established that his life is in danger and indeed, those they are trying to quell are in the process of trying to kill someone else. It has also to be established whether the criminal is running away. I did not find that information. That is why I immediately directed the interdiction and arrest of those officers. Of course, as time goes by, more and more information will come up. I do not want to say that there was any deliberate attempt to mislead me. In response to Ms. Karua’s remarks, it is true the Waki Report recommended a number of reforms to be carried out. That was in the Agenda III. One of them was the police reforms. The question is: How come a similar allegation is recurring? We need to find out the root cause of the current culture of the police, its general capacity and weakness. I settled on that because there have been previous police reforms."
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