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"content": "Just to add on what the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot and Sen. M. Kajwang’ have said, the matter of Buxton Estate is properly before the Roads, Transportation and Housing Committee. I know Sen. Chute raised those issues when we met in Mombasa. His statement today could just be supplementary question on the usual Statement. I am very sure the Committee will deal with that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to make a comment on the security issue raised by Sen. Gataya Mo Fire of Tharaka Nithi. One of things that we have to do as a country is to respect the sanctity of life. When we speak here and talk about so-and-so has been shoot dead, for us it could just be numbers yet we are losing lives. Irrespective of the reasons why people are demonstrating or found on the wrong side of the law, there is no law that authorises police officers to shoot to kill people. If we continue with this trend, then I do not know where we are going to stop. My prayer is that once the Committee is seized of this matter or Statement, let the Senate be that Houses of reason that makes it very costly for police officers to go about shooting and killing people in the pretext of stopping demonstrations. As Sen. Montet Betty has said, we have announced that in the coming weeks, we could have more protests. It could happen. We do not want a situation where police now are taking for granted that you can just go and kill people because they are protesting. Let us respect the sanctity of life. I thank the Senator for Tharaka Nithi County for bringing this Statement. I thank you."
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