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    "id": 1317460,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kithure Kindiki",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1046,
        "legal_name": "Kithure Kindiki",
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    "content": "Section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Court. Investigations established that on 11th October 2021, a report was received by members of the public that there was a person who was being subjected to mob justice in Thika near the bus stage. When the police team responded, they found that the deceased was actually the subject of the mob justice. He was being attacked for allegedly extorting money from members of the public and robbing them. On 19th October 2021, the Chief Government Pathologist, Dr Johansen Oduor performed a post-mortem. The person died as a result of head injuries due to blunt force trauma caused by the attack by members of the public during the mob justice. An inquiry file has been opened at Thika West Sub-County Criminal Investigation Office. The file was forwarded to the DPP and he opined that given the circumstances in which the deceased met his death, this matter will be properly disposed of through a public inquest. An inquest has been registered at Thika Law Courts vide Inquest No.E006/2022. The hearing of the inquest started on 1st May 2022 and it is ongoing. One last thing I would add about this particular case is that on the request of the family of the deceased, the inquest hearing was transferred from Thika Law Courts to Ruiru Law Courts and it is Ruiru Inquest No.1/2022. That is the file number. The inquest is still pending at Ruiru and is scheduled for hearing. That is all. This is a person who had a criminal record, had been charged for various offences and was attacked by a mob who were accusing him of robbing people and extorting money. Unfortunately, the injuries he received caused his death in hospital. By the time he died he was under interdiction from the Kenya Prisons Service."
}