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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "guy to break the ceiling in the Senate by becoming the majority leader without being a ranking member of the Senate. So we can have youthful leaders who can make very good contributions to the country. So it is good to note that if this Bill is passed, and I hope it will, we will have two candidates reserved for the youth. That is commendable. So that we know that each county assembly will have a minimum of two youths--- Others can also vote and win. Then, of course, marginalised groups. Every county has marginalised groups. Even in Nyamira, I have about three polling stations inhabited by my neighbours, the Luos, who are marginalised. They have never been lucky to get a nominee MCA to the county assembly, despite them being clearly marginalised. So I fully support the idea of also picking the marginalized. For the first time, I had an opportunity to visit Lodwar. I had never been to Lodwar before. When I saw the harsh weather condition, I would never at any one time oppose anybody who comes up with a policy to support the marginalised or those who come from hardship areas. The temperatures were 35 degrees centigrade. I did not see any green vegetation within Lodwar. Then I just remembered that there are people who are proponents of one man, one shilling, who want to take away the little that people of the Northern Kenya Frontier are getting. We can never be such inhumane in our approach. So, people who are marginalised in one way or another, ought to be supported affirmatively through legislation as what we have before us. While on it, let us build a country that respects the rule of law. People who are suspected of having committed any crime should be arrested by police officers who must identify themselves as those suspects and be taken to court. I do not support this culture of abducting people at all. As a lawyer, I believe strongly that the best way to build a country is to have people who respect the law and do not want to break it. That is achieved by applying it fairly to everybody. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are human beings. I was watching the news yesterday about Boniface Mwangi. What are his children thinking of their country? What is the spouse of Mr. Mwangi thinking of our own country? I understand there is another activist called Aoko who has been missing since last week. That should not be allowed to happen. Our security bodies such as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) know what the Bill of Rights says. If somebody has been arrested, they should be presented before any court of law within 24 hours. They should inform their families. Those suspects have a right to contact their lawyers."
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