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    "id": 1379917,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kathuri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Murungi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will briefly comment on the Statement requested by Sen. Wakili Sigei. As my colleague, the Senate Majority Leader has clearly put it, journalists in the counties are under a serious siege. Some operate in areas that are not friendly to the ruling governors and they get into serious problems. They even get roughed up by supporters of those governors. I remember an incident last year when one of the journalists in Meru County was roughed up in a meeting that was attended by the governor. Since that time, because of the fear that they have, they do not get the news they should cover from administrators in the county because of the intimidation they are getting. I would like the Committee that will handle this issue to invite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and other relevant bodies that protect our journalists, so that we can have free journalists who are independent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Constitution defends journalists. They are free and they should be respected. They should not be intimidated at all. I, therefore, agree with my colleagues that we should sanitize and clean this system. When you are elected as a governor, you are not elected as a ruler. That is the history we read many years ago in the 16th Century. This is an era where, once you are elected as leader, you should be consultative, friendly to the people you lead and listen to each and every one. However, what we are witnessing in this current regime is"
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