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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to talk about the state of the nation. I want to thank the Senator who brought this Motion because it is very important. As we all know, we cannot wipe away whatever is happening in this country. I want to express my deep and sincere condolences to all the families that lost their loved ones during these demonstrations. The loss of a life is not just deeply painful, but our Constitution decrees that every life matters and should be protected at all costs. As a mother who knows the pain of losing a child, I empathize with all the parents who are currently mourning. I plead with my President to order the security organs to stop killing our children. Let us hold to account all those police officers that shot and killed or injured our children who were peacefully demonstrating. The police officers who did such acts are a threat to our Government. I want to thank the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki because I remember during the recent interview that he did in Citizen TV, he promised that those police officers who shot and killed those children when they were peacefully demonstrating will be held accountable. I also wish to convey my deep and sincere sympathies to all those who lost their properties due to the unfortunate organized hooliganism and uncalled for vandalism. As an industrialist who knows the sacrifice and hardship of entrepreneurship in this country, it is very sad to see the police watching over these looters and thieves as they loot and destroy these businesses instead of arresting and charging them over their criminal acts. In some areas, we saw the police officers taking over two hours to respond. We are facing hard economic times and, therefore, some of these business people may never be able to recover from the losses that they incurred. Therefore, I plead with my Government to ensure that they support these business people so that they can revive their businesses. I also want to thank and congratulate the Gen Z for the courage to speak up. Their courage emanates from their sincere love of our nation. They have not just been peaceful, but they have operated within their constitutional rights. It is unfortunate that their peaceful demonstrations were hijacked by criminals. Thank you to the Gen Z for calling off the demonstrations after realizing that they had been hijacked by criminals. I want to thank His Excellency the President for agreeing to engage or to talk to the Gen Z through the X space. I plead with our President to continue engaging with the Gen Z because our children mean well for our nation. I know our President has the capacity to resolve this crisis and we are behind him as he implements a peaceful solution. To those who are organizing goons, hooliganism and anarchy, it is the most unfortunate development and I wish to condemn it in the strongest terms possible. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) must immediately bring them all to book and without any further delay. It is unfortunate that when even our Cabinet Secretary, 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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