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    "id": 1582259,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gladys Boss",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I must begin by offering my condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. I also extend my sympathies to the police officers who were injured. I also congratulate the police for their efforts to keep peace in our country. What happened yesterday was not a demonstration – it was not peaceful. Those were acts of hooliganism carried out by criminals who destroyed peoples’ property. Today, many Kenyans in Nairobi and other parts of the country are facing bankruptcy. Some people will not take their children to school or even provide food for their families because they have lost everything - all their investments. This is all in the name of someone claiming to exercise their constitutional right to demonstrate. Yes, one may exercise their right to demonstrate. But that right must not infringe on the rights of others. It is completely unacceptable to destroy other peoples’ property or livelihoods under the guise of exercising constitutional freedoms. Rights end where another person’s rights begin. We must protect our country from descending into anarchy. We must take firm action against those who attacked police stations. CCTV footage is available. Let them be arrested and charged. Even if they are our children, they are not permitted to destroy peoples’ property, burn police stations, Government vehicles or courthouses. And I must say: Shame on you former Chief Justice Maraga. You are currently on a pension paid by the Government. Your vehicle is fueled by taxpayers. Your gardener and cook are paid by public funds and yet you go to the streets to demonstrate and mislead our children into destroying public and private property. Shame on you former Chief Justice Maraga…"
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