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    "id": 1317657,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kithure Kindiki",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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        "legal_name": "Kithure Kindiki",
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    "content": "demonstrations in Wajir; first, as the mob tried to overrun Wajir Police Station and on the second instance, as the mob tried to overrun the Kenya Power Plant in Wajir. Those deaths are regrettable. They are being investigated by the police internally, but because it is suspected that the two deaths are associated with police officers, IPOA, which is the Independent Police Oversight Authority, is carrying out parallel investigations. Without, of course, prejudicing ongoing investigations, I want to say that the police only use lethal force when the life of a police officer or another person is in imminent danger, in self-defence or in defence of another person whose life is in danger. Our officers have been told to apply their weapons in accordance with the law of our country. We have made it clear as policy and have communicated to the Inspector-General of Police that under Article 245 of the Constitution of Kenya, the Government will protect any officer who uses their firearms in accordance with the Constitution to defend life, either their own life or the life of a Kenyan from imminent danger. However, officers who misuse firearms and use them outside the law are on their own. Therefore, since the two cases are under investigation, we hope IPOA and other agencies will establish the truth. To answer the Member of Parliament's question, our officers only use lethal force in the circumstances provided for under the Sixth Schedule of the National Police Service Act, CAP.11A of 2011."
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