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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "If you heard what the magistrate said, you will find that it attests to the things that we are saying here. If you look at what was actually said in court and what the charge sheet reads--- Indeed, it is unfortunate that we had our police officers killed and really, I want to send my condolences to the families, but the law must be followed. We care for our policemen but we also care for other Kenyans. The fact that the police were killed is not an excuse to disobey the law and not follow the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank hon. Midiwo who has actually put forward very clearly the issues that I wanted to raise as a matter concern. You cannot unleash the military on the people of Kenya in Garissa because it is unconstitutional. The Constitution is very clear that if you have to do that, you have to do it with the permission of Parliament. What does it say about our Police Service? It is an indictment of our Police Service. What are we saying? That we have an ineffective Police Service and Kenyans are no longer safe. Indeed, Parliament must come in and let us know why the situation happened the way it is. We do not want the security services fueling ethnic animosity between Kenyans. This is because by their own actions, they make people start feeling that their community is being targeted. You will hear hon. Members asking here: “Why is this Member of Parliament and not the other MP being arrested,” when maybe the other Member of Parliament has no problem. It is the way our security forces are behaving that will fuel animosity."
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