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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if what the Minister and the Government means is that we should support extra judicial killings, I stand here to say I will never support an illegality from whatever source. As I said when I raised this issue, two wrongs do not make a right. Even where criminals or suspects are concerned, they have to be accorded rights within the law, pending their trial. There cannot be justification of substituting the arrests of members of illegal gangs with executions. Police are not state executionists. They are State security agents to ensure the security of everyone, including a suspect. There are exceptional circumstances where they are allowed to open fire. I want to tell the House that unless the Minister and the Government unequivocally condemn illegal activity by, not only the public, but also the law enforcement agencies, then we will continue losing lives as it will be clear to all that this Government does not value human life or puts a very small premium to it. If it was the contrary, then serious actions would have been taken. As it is, the provincial administrators who were in the area during this sad period that the Government admits, we lost 56 people, have since been promoted. So, what the Government is saying is well done for the killings and insecurity in Kirinyanga. It is a sad thing and gives a bad example to the rest of the people working in the provincial administration because they know that it is not merit that will count, but whether you obey orders by some political mandarins."
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