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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "inform them on what the Senate has adopted and what they are supposed to do according to their mandate. One of the recommendations is that in this country we have an international law, the International Convention for Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Kenya signed this law in 2007 and it is yet to be ratified so that it becomes part of our laws. When we avoid this, we are intentionally exposing ourselves or citizens to lack of that benefit of an international instrument which protects us. Madam Deputy Speaker, after the 9/11 incident, Kenyans have been renditioned to foreign countries. They have been subjected to torture, while the foreign authorities try to get information from them. This happens while we believe we have enough systems in our country. If any Kenyan is suspected to have committed a crime, he or she should be subjected to the rule of law and any aspect of justice needs to be meted within the framework of the enough laws that we have. Where there are loopholes, the Committee has identified and the various organizations have been tasked to come together and address those issues. The figures in this report are very material. Haki Africa says that it has recorded 81 cases of killings and 32 cases of disappearances. Of the killings, 56 were by police, 16 by criminal gangs and nine by private or public citizens. So, it is very clear that the State is very much implicated in these cases. Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) also has its own data. It says 158 cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances were documented in the Coastal region. In the coastal regions, it is mainly the Muslims who are bearing the brunt of these acts of unlawfulness by the State. I would like to urge the Committee that once the report is adopted by the House, they should follow up with the necessary State agents and provide the necessary instruments for organisations like IPOA. Kenyans are supposed to report infringement on their rights by the police to IPOA. However, from the report, we are told IPOA does not even have its independent laboratory where they can carry out forensic research. They still have to rely on the same police, which clearly hampers their work."
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