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    "id": 1590354,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Why do we not treat our servicemen and women with the same honour and dignity? Yet, we expect the same in return. If we expect to be treated with courtesy, honour and respect by uniformed officers, let us also treat them with the same respect and honour that comes with the offices they serve in. These are the officers who salute you and me and everybody else, as we pass them in the streets. Many of us never bother to take time to even know how they are doing. They are Kenyans like other Kenyans. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in as much as, we condemn excessive use of force by any officer, whatever happens in our country where the rule of law is at the core of its operations is something that this House must pay attention to. In spite of the sad happenings of the death of Albert Ojwang’, I must commend the police for doing their work to ensure that those responsible are brought to book. That is how civilised nations and democracies work. You allow investigative agencies to do their work and take action against those involved in any breach of the law. It is not all officers, but a few. Even in this House, we are not all angels; many of us have our own shortcomings. Therefore, in every institution, even within the police service, there are officers who will have excesses. The law must be allowed to take its course. However, that must never be a justification for members of the public to take the law into their own hands, if an officer or two does not meet their expectations. This would be courting disaster and chaos in the country. I have seen activists in the streets, taunting policemen; an armed police officer and you are touting them? I must take this opportunity to commend that officer in Nakuru, who was being taunted with a"
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