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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defense and Foreign Relations regarding brutalization of peaceful demonstrators by an armed gang in Kapsabet town. On Tuesday, 6th August, 2024, the residents of Nandi County took to the streets of Kapsabet town in exercise of their constitutional right to demonstrate seeking audience with the Governor of the County to address concerns regarding accountability and transparency in county governance as well as lack of development in the entire county. Regrettably, the residents were brutalized by a gang armed with crude weapons and batons, who purported to be protecting businesses from the demonstrators. Three people were injured and one lost a motorbike. I, therefore, request the Committee to- (i) Explain the circumstances under which the armed gang was able to roam freely and brutalize residents in Kapsabet town on Tuesday, 6th August, 2024. (ii) Outline any disciplinary actions taken by the police officers and Nandi County security personnel who either deliberately or by negligence, permitted the acts of lawlessness within the town. (iii) State the number and names of individuals who have been arrested and arraigned in court for disrupting peace, maiming and violently mugging peaceful residents who are going about their business within Kapsabet town on the same day. (iv) Outline any steps taken to bring to book all other individuals who are responsible for recruiting and financing this armed militia gang within Kapsabet town. Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you, that was the only one."
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