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    "id": 1590356,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1590356/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": ". His life or that of other Kenyans would have been at risk, but he maintained his cool. That is the kind of spirit we want to see. We must also speak to our people to treat our policemen and women with respect, honour and the dignity that they deserve. It is said that if you want to know the cost of education, try ignorance. If you want to know the cost of chaos, withdraw the police from the streets and allow everybody to roam and do what they want to - whether they are picketing or are mobilised looters. In the recent past, what is being described as demonstrations are organised groups of goons. I heard a leader shamelessly purport that even the cars that were burnt last week, were nowhere in the register of vehicles at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). I want to dare the former Deputy President, it is okay to go and incite people on vernacular radio. However, you must have the decency to adduce evidence of every allegation and claim that you make. Otherwise, you continue to exhibit the sort of ignorance that you served with in office, even when you are out of office. Kenyans witnessed those cars being burned down. It only took me five minutes to zoom in, look at the number plate and check the owners at the NTSA. One of the cars belongs to a security company. The officers in the escort car are allowed to use brutal force to protect what they are escorting and most of the time, it is cash in transit. They did not know why people were stopping them in the streets when on transit with cash. If you saw the video clips, the officers fired in the air to scare the people who were blocking the van that was transporting the valuables, and they were able to sail through. Unfortunately, the one that had unarmed officers ended up being torched. I want to appeal to members of the public, not to taunt our officers. Let us not throw our hands at them. I have seen people just brandishing their hands at officers and some restrain themselves. It is not every day you come across an officer who will be able to restrain themselves. Therefore, let us conduct ourselves in a dignified way when we want to picket. When we want to protest, let us do it in a way that we are not provoking these officers and those who are running businesses in our towns. This chaos comes with a huge cost to business people, especially those in the Central Business District (CBD) who lost their property last year and this year. May I dare say, as I said here, that you will find many people causing and mobilising chaos are not in pursuit of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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