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    "id": 1269575,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to put my voice on this Motion. The genesis of the demonstrations was a call that was made by someone for people to demonstrate and people died as a result. For the first time, the police worked really hard to sort out the situations. They were overwhelmed, abused and stoned. The demonstrators looted shops. For example, Quickmart Supermarkets in Nairobi were the most affected. The demonstrators broke into those shops and stole everything. To come here and start condemning our police, who work under oath, is very unfortunate. We saw some Hon. Members of Parliament on the streets holding vigils where they lit candles. Had they planned for the deaths so that they could have something to do? It is like they had prepared a timetable. They have a timetable of what they are supposed to be doing. Their calendar is full of activities that range from causing people to die to calling for vigils, where they light candles, to having a day for burials. Is it the police who are doing that? It is unfortunate that Members come here and start condemning our police yet the root cause of the problem is maandamano . Who called for the maandamano ? Some of the Hon. Members condemning the police are the people who always call on members of the public to go to the streets. Who will protect people doing their business? Who will protect people in their shops? It is high time we created a picketing space for those people who want to andamana so that instead of going to destroy people’s properties and disturb the peace of people who are doing their daily business, they go to those spaces, make noise, picket, scream and at the end of the day, go back home. I come from Moiben Constituency, where we are maize farmers. Our people are very busy in the farms growing maize. The price of maize at the moment is good because people are 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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