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    "id": 305933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) According to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the British Government, British troops conduct training within the areas allocated to the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) in Archers Post and Lolkanjau area. According to the statement by the British Army on 10th June, 2012, the British Military were conducting range clearance exercise in the general area of Lolkanjau (Ref. No.670987) with both the ground and aerial teams conducting clearance prior to commencing the live firing training. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the ground troops and aerial teams were mopping up the area with a view to clear the area of any human presence and animals. While conducting aerial surveillance, the British air crew sighted a group of six morans on the training area and they alerted the ground troops. Among the six, one was armed while the others were unarmed. The armed man, who turned out to be Mr. Tilam Leresh, ran towards the troops and after being given a warning signal to stop and surrender, he instead threatened to shoot by aiming the rifle at the soldiers. At this point, the British soldiers shot Mr. Leresh. Thereafter, they conducted first aid to the victim but in the process, he succumbed to the injuries. A G3 rifle and three loaded magazines were retrieved from the deceased. The soldier who shot the deceased is Sgt. Madison George at Archers Post training area. That is the information we have. b) The body of the deceased is still at the Isiolo District Hospital mortuary. The postmortem was performed jointly by the Kenyan and the British pathologists, Dr. Kiluva of Isiolo Hospital, on 12th June between 9.00 hours and 1.00 hours, in which it was established that the deceased succumbed to severe haemorrhage from penetrative chest injury as a result of the bullet injury. (c) Sgt. Madison was arrested by the British military police and is still held at Nanyuki Barracks awaiting prosecution. The case is being handled at this point by the Kenya police and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). According to Section 6 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Kenya and the United Kingdom, the Kenyan authorities have the primary right to exercise jurisdiction with respect to alleged offences committed in Kenya and punishable by Kenya laws. I wish, therefore, to take this opportunity to warn all members of the visiting forces, including members of the British Army training in Kenya, that the Government of Kenya will deal firmly with any members who breaks the laws of this country."
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