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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me once again add my voice to this matter. I see us losing the point, really, because in my view as we speak, there is even no accused person in court, we only have a suspect. I am hoping there will be evidence to charge somebody, have him convicted and probably jailed. The issue at hand is that governments or states anywhere in the world have a cardinal responsibility to protect life and property of its citizens. There can be no higher responsibility for any state than to protect the lives of its citizens. What we are staring at is a case where we have lost now about 100 Kenyans and yet we are being made to believe that the State was caught unawares. It can never be possible that a functioning state can fail to detect murder of this magnitude. I said yesterday, and I want to repeat it here, that what is currently being done by State functionaries from police to whoever by rushing to Kilifi is too little too late. The question I keep on asking myself is: what are they rushing to do in Kilifi? Are they rushing there to go and count the bodies or are they rushing there to go and take photos? If there is failure of the State, then this is it. I dare say that this is unprecedented failure of the State and it appears as if 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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