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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Senator for Nairobi wants to raise a point of order against me even before I have started. I take this opportunity to first pass my condolences and empathy to the entire Kenyatta University fraternity for the loss of lives in that bad accident. It is very sad that this happened and it is time to ask ourselves whether the drivers of these institutional buses should be the same drivers making long distance trips that take students to those long-distance trips. This is because they may be people who are not used to driving long distances. Even as we sympathize with the situation, we need to think about this. We also need to think about the state of our roads because, sometimes, some accidents can be avoided if we have better state of our roads. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to comment on the Statement you raised in your capacity as the Senator for Meru. The death or the murder of Sniper caught the attention of the whole country because of the way this young man was killed and his body found. If my memory serves me well, the body had been disfigured using some acid, and this is sad. The police must act. We pride in having the best investigative police service and I believe and hope that the police have not been compromised because by now, the killers, the perpetrators of this injustice should have been brought to book. The police must redeem their image in this matter because it was a serious and sad thing that should not have happened. We are politicians. Every morning, young men and women will critique us. They will condemn us and peddle half-truths and falsehoods against us, every morning on social media. However, we must learn to live - and I am not trying to presume that Sniper was killed by a politician - but having been a blogger, it is likely that this death was caused by a politician. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must learn that when we offer ourselves to serve the public, we then expose ourselves and the people can say anything that they want against us. We must develop thick skins that anyone can say anything and the last thing any The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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