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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": "and charging at the police officers who were armed. He was sharpening the panga on the tarmac as he walked. Such an individual is lucky because of the richness of our Bill of Rights. In the country he comes from, which I hear is Uganda, I do not think he would have reached with that panga on the streets. We must avoid situations where we over-provoke our police officers. These police officers are almost at the level where they will be saying they will sit back and let people do as they wish. That will be the birth of chaos and anarchy. The other day when we were discussing the Budget, I saw a young Kenyan lady from Western, an activist who has been performing remarkably well. There were more than six police officers, all armed, present to control the demonstration. I do not know if Members have watched that video. The girl charged at a police officer and pulled her neck. That is not acceptable. Shortly thereafter, you would have seen what a law and order officer in the United States stated: “If you abuse our police officers, you will go to jail, but you will first pass through 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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