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    "id": 1418812,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1418812/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government does not condone destruction of property or inhumane treatment of the people of Kenya in our security operations, however difficult or challenging they are. Therefore, I will be interested. If there is evidence of any excesses, action will be taken. Finally, with regard to special operations in cases where, for example, we are tackling complicated, organized criminal activity like cattle rustling and terrorism, we have deployed special forces to ensure that we get to the bottom of the matter and destroy the infrastructure of organized criminal terror groups that have caused a lot of pain to the people of Kenya for many years. For that, we will go at any length to make sure that we destroy this coach that is giving our country such pain and a bad image. When other nations of the world are going forward to modernize their economies, integrate communities and look into the fifth industrial revolution, we are basically killing each other and stealing each other's cows, and killing women and children in the process. Therefore, where we are dealing with special cases of entrenched organized crimes like terror and banditry, we have special forces. However, even where we apply special forces, they are bound to operate under the Constitution, to respect human dignity and achieve the objective we want them to achieve without violating fundamental rights and freedoms. We ask political leaders, sometimes when you listen to your supporters, they do not tell you the whole story. However, I am willing to be informed, maybe later by the distinguished Senator for Isiolo County, who is my neighbor at home. If there are any issues that need to be addressed, we will address them. We have nothing to hide. We have a job to do to make sure that Isiolo County and Kenyans are safe."
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