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    "id": 243332,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Salat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nick Kiptoo Korir Salat",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will continue from where I left yesterday. But before that, I want to commend the Minister for promising that he will take action 2036 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 12, 2006 against those police officers reportedly from the Flying Squad who brutally attacked a Member of Parliament. I witnessed the incident since I was outside and the force used to arrest hon. Kombe was too excessive. I think hon. Kombe was not accorded the dignity he deserves as an hon. Member. I would like to urge the Minister to ensure that Members of Parliament as well as the public are arrested in a dignified manner. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday before we adjourned, I was talking about the highlights of last year's tribal clashes where many people were evicted. For example, in Likia, the same excessive force was used by the security personnel that was sent by the Government to go and contain law and order in the area. I would like to urge the Minister to ensure that whenever force is to be used on the public, the exercise is done in a humane way. After the clashes, only people from a particular community were taken to court. If there were tribal clashes, could it have been the Kalenjins versus the Kalenjins? Most of the people who were arrested in Likia were only Kalenjins. These were referred to as tribal clashes and yet only members from one community were taken to court. I would like to urge the Minister to ensure that whenever there are skirmishes, all the culprits are arrested and taken to court. The Minister should go to the aid of the victims in time, so that many people are not affected. Yesterday, I touched on an issue that has shamed this nation. The presence of a very senior advocate, Dr. Gibson Kamau Kuria, at the Commission of Inquiry that is investigating the Artur brothers is questionable. He is defending the brothers. Whenever you see Dr. Kamau Kuria, you smell a scam. This is a man who is known to be siding with the Government and his presence at the Commission is questionable. The fiasco of the two strangers in our country has reduced the dignity of being a Kenyan. Kenyans should be treated with dignity. When strangers have more rights than the citizens of this country---"
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