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    "id": 1219747,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Petition by our sister on extra-judicial killings and disappearances. I also want to echo the feelings expressed by other Members of Parliament. I speak as a Member of Parliament whose constituency has been seriously affected by this problem. I have had many cases of disappearances of people in my constituency. I remember Mr. Abdul Karuri and Dr. Waititu who suddenly disappeared from Majengo. I remember the killing of Mr. Bashir Mohamed a businessman who had a strong association with my constituency and many others. To be honest, this is not something that should happen in any functioning democracy. It is something that you expect to happen in failed states and where governments do not have the support and the authority of the population they rule. I fully support the idea of creating a commission of inquiry to look into this issue and go in-depth and bring closure to many families who have lost their loved ones. Many of the people who were killed under these circumstances are people like us. They are fathers, sons, husbands and so on. They leave behind families that are baffled and traumatised because they do not know what has happened to their loved ones. It is our responsibility as Members of Parliament to make sure that, in this young and fragile democracy, no Kenyan life is taken with no reason whatsoever by faceless State organisations. I agree that many people who have done those deeds are still working in the Government system. You can find them in offices, police stations and many other places. To be honest, this is something that can come back to haunt us. Therefore, it is very important that we bring justice to the families, bring closure to this issue and make sure that this never ever happens again in our country. Many people say that this happens only to some few people, but The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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