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    "id": 1625540,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on one of the Statement that has been brought to the Floor of this House by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. I want to first quote Article 3 of the Constitution- “(1) Every person has an obligation to respect, uphold and defend this Constitution. (2) Any attempt to establish a government otherwise than in compliance with this Constitution is unlawful.” I am quoting this because what we have seen in the maandamano that we experienced on 7th of July and 25th of June is not anything to write home about. Very well-intentioned demonstrations were turned into violent protestations and instead of peaceably proceeding to demonstrate and raising the issues that the public believes that they wanted to raise; there was so much infiltration from the political front that what we ended up with was loss of life, destruction of property and we also saw careers curtailed and occupations brought down. Even those Gen Zs who were working in those businesses now cannot wake up and proceed to work. From my end, I think we need to school ourselves and the public once again on the constitutional stipulations when we are exercising our freedoms and rights. This is because rights carry obligations, they ride with obligations and where somebody has a right, that right must not breach the rights of other citizens. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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