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    "id": 1518354,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "I want to support the statement by Sen. Dullo regarding the security situation and the state of governance in Isiolo County. In the statement, she made reference to the events during the presidential visit to Isiolo. In the statement, you can clearly see that there were some governance issues related to the planning of that event and the incidents that happened, which were not very good incidents to happen in a presidential event. I want to comment on this because nearly three weeks ago, we had a similar incident in my Vihiga County, where the presidential visit happened at a place called Luanda. A market was being constructed. A day before the presidential visit, some people descended on the market stalls and demolished them. They never cared about the plight of the affected traders. The following day, the President came there to launch the market. It was very nasty because there was too much heckling. They even heckled the Governor of Vihiga County and other Members of Parliament there. I think this is a matter that we need to take seriously because the office of the Head of State is an office of honour, an office that must be respected. Therefore, when we have all this manner of heckling and disorder in a presidential event, then we are making this office lose the respect it has. I must dare to say that the security officers were well aware of what was going to happen, but they never took any action. There was no protocol in that meeting. There was no protocol in that meeting. This is a matter that the incoming Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations where my good friend Ojienda wants to be the Chairperson must seize this opportunity and investigate all these incidences, not just in Isiolo, even Vihiga County. We cannot and have never had a scenario where a President is in an event where there is chaos, disorders and heckling. It never happened under Moi’s regime. It never happened under Kibaki’s regime. It never happened under Uhuru’s regime. However, it is happening under William Ruto’s regime. The question is why. The Committee must investigate and tell us what is happening. In Vihiga County, stalls of poor traders were demolished and they have not been compensated to date; just because the President is coming the next day to launch a market. They had all the time to plan. They should have planned better. The Governor of Vihiga County ended up being heckled because the traders thought it was him who demolished the stalls. The stalls were demolished by national officials the day before presidential visit. This disorder must stop. I support."
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