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    "id": 1443117,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb, some people feel jittery. I am talking about the rights and fundamental freedoms that are in the Constitution. Every Kenyan deserves a right to work in public. That is what the young people are asking for. They are asking for human dignity to be observed. Our people want to be treated properly like human beings. They do not want to be treated like animals, as we have seen out there in the streets. Our young people want freedom of conscience, religion, belief and opinion. They want freedom of expression and association. They want freedom to assemble, demonstrate, picket and petition and not to be greeted by bullets. When we talk about 39 people dead, it is as if we are counting heaps of logs of firewood. These are children of people. There is a mother somewhere shedding tears today. There is a father somewhere talking about the lost opportunities because of a young person doing what he was told he can do comfortably under this Constitution. When we talk about the 39, we are talking about Ibrahim Kamau, who had just left high school. He was felled by a sniper outside this Parliament. He was killed within the precincts of Parliament. We are talking about David Chege, a computer science graduate from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, felled by a sniper's bullet outside this Parliament. The blood has not dried in the grass of Parliament. We are talking about Eric Sheini, a university student. We are talking about Evans Kiratu, who was killed by a tear gas canister when it exploded on him. We are talking about Rex Kanyike and Brian Kasaine. Gen Z are saying, ‘grant us the rights that are due to us in the Constitution.’ More importantly, they are demanding for the economic and social rights that are granted unto them in this Constitution, which belong to them. It is not granted by the State. The duty of the state is to fulfil it. These rights belong to the people of Kenya and Gen Z. You do not need a committee of rocket scientists or experts or people from the United Nations to come and interpret for you this Constitution. The answers to the problems are all here. Gen Z are saying, ‘let us ensure that Chapter 6 of this Constitution is observed and fulfilled. This is because we have made leadership, particularly political office, an The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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