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    "id": 130498,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/130498/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 197,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 20th July, 2009, Dr. Khalwale rose on a point of order to seek a Ministerial Statement from our office, regarding what he termed as harassment of reporters by the police. I wish to state as follows:- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Star Newspaper published a story in their edition No.635 captioned: Fazul Dossiers Missing from Malindi 2008, Mombasa 2002. Police Lose Vital Files on A l Qaeda. In the main story that followed, the reporters, Andrew Teyie and Maina Kamore, gave un-substantiated details alleging that Kenyan police officers had either lost those vital files on the world’s most wanted terrorist Harun Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, thus raising questions on the integrity of the national security agencies. When police read the story which, by itself, was termed as alarming, they launched investigations immediately on the alleged offence of destroying evidence contrary to Section 116 of the Penal Code Cap. 63, Laws of Kenya. Guided by the Judges Rules, they summoned the two reporters to appear before Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nicholas Kamwende. Rule number one of the Judges Rules states:- “When a police officer endeavours to discover the author of a crime, there is no objection to questioning in respect thereof to any person or persons, whether suspected or not, from whom he thinks that useful information can be obtained.” The Judges Rules are rules of practice which act as guidance for police officers when interviewing persons, whether they are suspected of any crime or not. Those rules"
}