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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Thuo",
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        "legal_name": "George Thuo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to start by giving my condolences to those who were affected by these heinous crimes, not only in Karatina and Kirinyaga but countrywide. I wish to give a bit of background to remind this House what happened last year when we, leaders, accepted that it was possible for us to use chaos as a means towards an end, and that there have been very many victims in the past, in very many isolated incidents. These were victims of Mungiki or Taliban or whoever else you want to talk about. What is my point? We have seen recent events and chaos bordering on anarchy. I will mention a couple of incidents. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, nowadays, if someone is upset because some illegal connections of electricity have been disconnected, he can uproot a railway line with no consequences. I was watching television at home as police officers on duty in Kayole were attacked by a mob. The officers ran away to their vehicle and sped off. We read in the media about a police station in Kisumu, where the police rescued someone from mob justice. The officers were pursued to the station by a mob and the station was stoned and held under siege by the public. In this incident, two officers were seriously injured. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, my point is that we are sliding towards anarchy. I know that we are serious when we talk about Karatina and Mathira, but I want to warn my colleagues that the situation goes beyond that. Policemen were asked by these"
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