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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": " Ideally, Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is nothing that is out of order, but I have heard the words ‘abduction’ and ‘disappearances’ being mentioned. The framers of the current Constitution, the great men and women who fought for the making of this important nation and State called Kenya never imagined at any one moment that under this generous Constitution, a time will come when adherence to the rule of law and constitutional order will be put aside and criminal elements in the name of anything will just abduct people, will make sure individuals disappear and then on the face of it, you are told we are not aware, we are investigating or we have opened an inquiry file. Hon. Chairman and Hon. Members, the only thing that separates the adherence of the rule of law is when everybody understands there is a boundary, there is a limitation to what one can do, whether you are in the security apparatus, whether you are a criminal element and so on. As it is right now, an elected leader from Wajir has been missing since 13th September 2024. The trails and footprints have all shown that he is being held by our security apparatus. Nobody is talking about it and nobody has been brought to court as a criminal element involved. The police and all our criminal agencies are not saying this is what has happened. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is where we need to protect our country. There can only be two assumptions. If there are criminal elements hell bent on engaging in criminal activities, whose duty is it to protect Kenyans against these criminals? It is the duty of the security agencies. If the security agencies are involved, then they are also duty bound to adhere to the rule of law and take individuals suspected to have committed a crime to court. Both are not happening and that is what I want to ask the Hon. Chairman."
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