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    "id": 153403,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/153403/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 46,
        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, Prof. George Saitoti with regard to the fracas at Globe Cinema round-about, famously known as “Grogan”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, democracy has been defined as a government of the people, for the people, by the people. What we are seeing at Globe Cinema shows that this is a Government of the rich, for the rich, by the rich. Indeed, this has happened before. What is happening today is history repeating itself. You will all remember that in the 1990s, curio vendors, who were operating at a plot along Nairobi’s Kigali Street - a very ideal and central location where tourists used to buy items, as is the current location for the mechanics – had to be removed. The plot, which was owned by the City Council, was finally allocated to somebody, who sold it to individuals. So, the curio traders were evicted. I would, therefore, like the Minister to clarify the following: Is he aware that, in the first place, there is a court injunction, preventing the eviction of these poor mechanics? Why did the police and the Provincial Administration disregard the court order? Why have the Provincial Administration and the police become partisan, and"
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