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    "id": 1581590,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, the Leader of the Minority Party knows we also lost people from our region during those demonstrations. This is not about tribe. We have to be careful not to trivialise a serious issue. My concern is that this regime curtails rights that are enshrined in Chapter 4 of the Constitution. The first one is the freedom to demonstrate under Article 37 of the Constitution. Yesterday, the police officers tried to stop the youth from demonstrating, which is unconstitutional. Under the right to life in Article 26 of the Constitution, police bullets have taken many lives. The Leader of the Minority Party has talked about the freedom of movement. People were coming from other places, which is a right under Article 39 of the Constitution. The freedom of the media under Article 34 of the Constitution must also be respected. Those rights are being trampled upon. More importantly, the reason behind yesterday’s function was to lay wreaths. Hon. Speaker gave us permission. We laid wreaths, even with Members of this House, outside Parliament, with your permission. I had informed you that my leaders would come to lay wreaths, but you did not refuse."
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