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    "id": 1170287,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1170287/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand with my colleague and sister, Sen. Pareno, and the families that lost their loved ones in this unfortunate incident. As we come to the tail-end of the 12th Parliament, one thing is clear; that slowly but surely, police officers are sliding back to the dark days of extrajudicial killings. It is this House that will have to make a bold statement through action, to ensure that these things do not happen. The bold action will also ensure that we meaningfully progress from a police force to a police service. Innocent Kenyans look up to police officers for assistance and service. They run to them to seek refuge if and when things are not going on very well for them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, today is a dark day in this country. Members will remember that on the day this incident happened, our own colleague, the Senate Minority Whip, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., was attacked at the same place. I take this opportunity to specifically address the IG. At a time like this, this sort of thing happening is bad. Innocent people are lining the streets to watch the mayhem that is taking place and somebody drives through shooting them dead, and goes away. To date, almost a week later, not a single person has been arrested or even made to record a statement for that action. Today, those innocent people in Kajiado County have very little other recourse apart from, perhaps, Sen. Pareno. They will just collect the bodies of the dead, bury them and that is it. Tomorrow, it could be someone else. As we prepare to adjourn, I request the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations to make sure that Sen. Pareno’s Statement sends the right message to KPS; that Kenyans are not ready or willing to slide back to the dark days, when police officers would kill people at will and get away with it."
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