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    "id": 278124,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/278124/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 197,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
        "slug": "joshua-ojode"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Gitobu Imanyara requested for a Statement and he wanted to know whether the Government was committed to creating an environment in which all Kenyans can enjoy their constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms. He also wanted to know specifically what investigations the Government will carry out regarding this incident of his and what measures will be taken to protect not only himself but all the others who were the subject of a discussion during an alleged meeting that was held in Landmark Hotel a day after the Limuru conference. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to state as follows. On 17th April, 2012, at around 11.30 p.m. Mr. Gitobu Imanyara left Cedars Restaurant situated along Lenana Road and drove along State House Crescent and as he approached the Serbian Embassy he said that he was blocked by a white saloon car from where four men emerged armed with knives. In his statement to the police, Mr. Imanyara stated that the four men demanded that he surrenders to them his gun and later forced him to kneel down facing Mt. Kenya and ordered him to shout three times that: “ Uhuru tuko pamoja ”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member made a report to that effect on 18th April, 2012, at Parliament Police Station vide OB Entry No.17 of that day at 11.40 a.m. He also made a self recorded statement in respect of what he alleged occurred on the previous night of 17th April at around 11.30 p.m. The police officers recorded a statement from a witness who confirmed that Mr. Imanyara was at Cedars Restaurant at around 7.00 p.m. on 17th April, 2012. Hon. Chachu Ganya, one of the other witnesses, confirmed in a statement that they were with him at the said restaurant but he left earlier at around 10.00 p.m. leaving him behind. Mr. Robert Osero Somerset, a guard who was guarding the Serbian Embassy on 17th April at night as well recorded a statement and stated that he did not witness anything unusual happening outside the embassy on that night. He was on duty until 6.00 a.m. the following day. On the allegations of a meeting held in Landmark Hotel, the General Manager, Mr. Charles Kinyua stated in his statement that there was no meeting or conference convened by politicians at the hotel between 15th April and 19th April, 2012. Based on this and following the allegations, an inquiry file No.15/2012 was opened by the PCIO Nairobi and investigations are ongoing. I want to say that once we get any report I will be updating the House on what the police have found on the ground. Mr. Speaker, Sir, another incident that involved the hon. Member’s son occurred on 19th April, 2012 at around 6.30 a.m. at Katuluni Estate within Machakos Town when three strange men were allegedly spotted at the gate of Mr. Mutuma Imanyara, the son of hon. Gitobu Imanyara, an employee of Water Resource Management Authority."
}