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    "id": 1352932,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I believe that all of us are born with the ability to tell right from wrong. The Statement from Sen. Cherarkey allows me to say that I have absolute faith in every Member of this House. It will take time, but you will come to see the light that what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong. It does not matter who is the victim of police brutality. It is wrong because Kenyans envisaged a service, moving away from a force. What has happened in the past – we do not begrudge anyone on the Majority Side, we understand why you have to do it all the time. When you see the police bludgeoning us in the streets, we understand why you need to celebrate. The good thing is that in the fullness of time, I can see the light shining on the Majority Side. Sen. Mungatana was the first to see the light. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is very reasonable these days. I can see now my brother, Sen. Cherarkey, soon needs to go to Karen. The problem we have is although the Constitution expresses the police as having independent command; we see pronouncements from senior members of the executive to suggest otherwise. For instance, when we were protesting the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration was the one assigning timelines. He would say, by 5.00 a.m., the police will be there to deal with Sifuna and his crooks. That is what he used to do. When people like Hon. Gachagua say that they will crush these people, we question the independence of the police. When the Inspector General (IG) of police repeats and echoes the things that are coming from the Executive, then that line between the police and the Executive becomes blurred."
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