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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "2494 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 12,2006 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that I would like to appeal to the Minister is to, please, re-introduce the Spider Squad. When the Spider Squad was introduced, and it was targeting rapists or men who are preying particularly on women drivers or commuters, those crimes went down suddenly. Women gave a sigh of relief. The women in this country do not know why the Spider Squad was suspended. I want to appeal to the Minister to immediately re-instate that squad and make sure that it has a national outlook. It should not just be in Nairobi and other urban centres. It should be in Mombasa and other centres in the country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to emphasis that if you go and looked at crimes of murder and manslaughter--- I know that because I have been a state counsel for many years. Most of the murders and manslaughters that happen in this country; most of the incidences of crime that result to death, happen in a domestic setting. It will be about a quarrel over land ownership, crimes of passion, marital problems and so on. Therefore, let us start focusing on where the real insecurity is. That is my appeal to the Minister. Finally, it is also upon Parliament to assist the Minister and his office to ensure that police officers do their work. One of the main frustrations that police officers are having right now is that they will arrest suspects and take them to court, but because of the law that we passed in 2003 relating to confessions, they are not able to get convictions. What happens is that we are just trafficking criminals from our society, into police stations, to court rooms and out. So, there is no justice. Perhaps, when the Statutes Miscellaneous (Amendments) Bill comes to the Floor of the House - and hopefully very soon - this Parliament will be able to give a proper law relating to confessions that will allow the police and the judicial system to do their work. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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