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    "id": 195069,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/195069/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
        "slug": "simon-lesirma"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There was no probe committee set to investigate police action and killings that occurred in Kisumu during the post-election crisis. This is because the police acted within the confines of the law as the residents of Kisumu went on the rampage destroying lives, property, looting, burning buildings and vehicles and barricading all highways leading in and out of Kisumu City. This forced the police to use the necessary force to prevent further destruction of property. (b) The Assistant Minister cannot lay on the Table the outcome of the investigations for the reasons stated already in part \"a\" above. However, inquest files have been opened on all deaths that occurred during the violence as stipulated in Section 386 of the Criminal Procedure Court. In one of the files opened by the police, officer No.81073, Police Constable Edward Kipkoech Kirui, was arraigned in court and charged with the offence of murder of one Ismail Chacha, contrary to Section 2004 of the Penal Code. The case is pending hearing at the High Court Nairobi."
}