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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Noise and name-calling will not serve this House. Demonstrations and picketing are in the law and in the Constitution. When it is going on, it is the duty of the police to maintain order. What happens in a demonstration depends on two groups of people—the demonstrators and the police. The evidence in history, like in the Selma March in the United States of America in the 60s where the black people were marching very peacefully, is that the people who were causing violence were the police and police dogs. They achieved what they wanted. I was at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre seated and there is nothing we were doing. What happened here on Monday is that the police threw tear gas. What was the reason? In the afternoon when we were going through Mathare to Eastleigh, people were listening to the speeches and did not throw stones. The police started throwing tear gas and water cannons. In town, the police were attacking any group of people regardless, and robbing some of them. What happened on Monday and the chaos we saw in Nairobi is totally attributable to the police. We were determined to have peaceful demonstrations. Nothing will stop these demonstrations until the issues we are talking about are addressed. If the police want to cause chaos, let them cause it. We shall remain peaceful."
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