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"speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the President",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 11th September, 2007, the Member of Parliament for Kisumu Rural, Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o, rose on a point of order and requested a Ministerial Statement on the break-in into the offices of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), on Chania Avenue, in Kilimani, and I would like to state as follows. On 10th September, 2007, at about 2.40 a.m., two private security guards, who were guarding the ODM offices, situated along Chania Avenue within Kilimani area, reported that a four-man gang, who were armed with iron bars, had stormed into the compound and tied them with ropes while threatening to kill them. The four men proceeded to the main entrance to the offices and gained entry by forcing the door locks open. The gang ransacked the offices and left with some office equipment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the police officers, under the command of the Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD), Kilimani, rushed to the scene in order to have the gang members apprehended. The OCPD and his security team found that the gang had already disappeared into the darkness. However, the security officers established that the gang gained entry into the premises by forcing the locks to the main door open. Inside the offices, there was one wardrobe broken into, and several documents that were inside scattered. A search was carried out within the compound, and two Central Processing Units (CPUs), one computer monitor and computer cables were recovered, having been dropped by the fleeing gangsters. On further interrogation, the police officers were informed that one CPU was missing from the office. Investigations were immediately commenced, and samples of finger prints were lifted. In addition, the two private security guards were questioned and their statements recorded. Case File No.144/566 of 2007 was also opened and investigations are ongoing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, anyone who has useful information that can lead to the arrest of the gang members is urged to make a report to the police in order to assist in the investigations. I would wish to urge hon. Members not to read any ulterior motive in the incident, and to allow the security personnel to carry out investigations and take appropriate action, depending on the results of those investigations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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