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    "id": 1570629,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Manyatta, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gitonga Mukunji",
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    "content": " Thank you for your guidance in this House. Hon. Speaker, first, I want to say that security matters in this country must be taken with the seriousness they deserve. As we speak right now, I have demonstrations in Embu Town because of insecurity. Shops are being broken into and those are matters that touch this House. I believe that as the Senior Counsel has mentioned, we need conclusive reports on mattes to do with our colleague. And that is not the only matter. I believe that there are so many pending matters that touch on the confidence that people have with our police forces. We are yet to get reports on what happened to many Gen-Z during the demonstrations of last year. We are yet to get a report on various issues of abductions that have been reported of some young people in this country. As I sit here, I believe this House should be seen as a House that allows investigations to go on to conclusion. I believe your guidance is very clear that we get to the bottom of the matter regarding Hon. Koimburi. I have not visited him but I have seen the press conferences and I have seen the hand being pointed at the police force. I believe it is important for the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to come in because it is an extra-judicial matter. It is said that Hon. Kimbra had an issue and the police said they were looking for him. It was suspected that the police were the ones who were conducting this operation. Now that the Inspector-General has spoken, it is important to also get an independent body to give a report on the matter so that this House can be well guided when it comes to such matters. Today we had the National Prayer Breakfast and I believe it is not fair or right for my good friends, the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party to incriminate the former Deputy President just like that. It is right for them to bring evidence and show that he was involved in this matter. We should be fair and call it as it is. We are spending so much time talking about the former Deputy President when we have very serious matters to discuss in this House. We have matters to do with the national debt. We have matters to do with the Finance Bill. We have an issue on miraa that is being brought by the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party."
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