{"id":307301,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/307301/?format=json","text_counter":344,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Githae","speaker_title":"The Minister for Finance","speaker":{"id":159,"legal_name":"Robinson Njeru Githae","slug":"robinson-githae"},"content":" Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that if these officers are going to tackle Al Shaabab and Al Qaeda, surely, they must be armed. Let me come to the powers of arrest. A lot of issues have been raised that we are authorizing these officers to arrest. This shocks me. Under our Constitution, a citizen is authorized to make a citizen’s arrest. Which is worse between authorizing these officers to arrests or authorizing a citizen to arrest?"}