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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): Hon. Speaker, with regards to the supplementary question raised by the Member for Tharaka, I would like to respond as follows. At this point when investigations are ongoing, we do not have conclusive evidence on who could have shot the deceased. However, if the evidence links an officer of the NPS or any other Government official in the murder of Mr. Kiraku, I would like to assure the House that whoever is responsible will be prosecuted. Two, if the person has died in the hands of our officers, the procedures for compensation will ensue. Regarding the question raised by the Hon. Mbui, I would like to respond as follows. There are no shoot-to-kill orders. On the contrary, all officers in the NPS and all security agencies who are involved in managing public protest, demonstrations, riots, and crowd control, are under very strict instructions not to use live bullets when dealing with members of the public. In fact, the reason the Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) was transferred is because there were very strict orders given by the IG of Police that there should be no live bullets used in crowd control, not just in Chuka, but even in other protests. We are asking questions, and we want to give some independence, so that when the OCPD is not in office, if it is indeed a police officer who discharged the fatal shot against orders and Government policy, 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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