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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to also ventilate on this Motion. From the onset, I support it. This is our country. If it sinks, it sinks with all of us. Allow me to pass my condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones during the skirmishes that were there last week and this week. We know how it feels to lose a loved one, especially when that death is abrupt. I maintain that our police officers should only open fire when they are facing an armed enemy. It should not be somebody who is just demonstrating. I think that the police are well-trained to deal with, immobilize and arrest wrongdoers. Therefore, opening fire should be the last resort. Everybody who has been given power should exercise it with restraint and responsibility. Gen Zs have spoken. They have a right under Article 37 of our Constitution, which guarantees any citizen the right to demonstrate and express themselves as long as they are unarmed. Gen Z was perfectly within their right under the Constitution. We also know they were not armed. We must also separate the wheat from the chaff. We know that these demonstrations were infiltrated by criminals. Police officers should take action against criminals who infiltrate genuine demonstrations. This is a time to reflect and ask ourselves how exactly we found ourselves here. I may say things that may have been said here. However, we need to repeat them, especially those which have not been done right, consequently, leading us to the problems that we find ourselves in. People have talked about opulence, the display of money and living in largesse by politicians. People carrying bundles of notes is something that must be condemned by all and sundry. Some of us have been ridiculed for not having loads of cash. We attend harambees. Some of us contribute something from our salary that may not be as big as that of some colleagues who carry hundreds of thousands or even millions. Sadly, even some church leaders have ridiculed some of us that we contribute amounts that cannot even buy some tobacco. This is something that Kenyans have been watching slowly, but surely and have not been happy about. This is something that we should all condemn. If people have to contribute, let them do so from their hard-earned cash because this points to corruption. 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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