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    "id": 1268999,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I have been informed of where the Senate Minority Leader is. I agree with our Commissioner, Sen. Omogeni, that we must all condemn police brutality. However, the same way we condemn police brutality, we must also condemn the use of hired gangs for political activity. I bring to the attention of Sen. Omogeni that there are more than 100 police officers lying at the National Police Hospitals and different hospitals in this country. There is one that has lost his life over attack by gangs. Police officers are our brothers, fathers and sisters. Therefore, the same way we condemn when people are beaten up by police, we must equally condemn the gangs that are marauding these streets in the name of bringing down the cost of living and go on to attack other Kenyans. In the same breath, Sen. Omogeni, you are aware that there is a young boy called Kibagendi who runs a supermarket in Kisii Town. You saw what those gangs did to his supermarket. We must equally speak up against those kinds of activities and political intolerance. People who are hurt while others are purporting to exercise their political and democratic rights. I challenge Sen. Omogeni to please bring a law to the House that gives life to Article 37. He is a senior counsel and so he needs to guide. How do I demonstrate without interfering with the lives of other Kenyans? Sen. Omogeni, you would have done this country great justice and will have made use of your title as senior counsel by guiding this House in knowing how to picket. You cannot maraud like the devil wanting to be everywhere and anywhere, at the same time, and you call that demonstration. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, you know in civilized democracies that Article 37 of the Constitution is a universal right that we want to enjoy---"
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