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    "id": 33171,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chachu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I would like to congratulate the Minister for this timely Bill. I think he is really up to the challenge. I support this Bill. I am not averse to any supportive amendments that can strengthen the Bill further. This Bill provides the meaning to the Bill of Rights, the Peoples’ Chapter in our Constitution. This Bill also gives hope to the marginalized; those who do not have food on their table today, shelter and those who have not been able to live the Kenyan dream. This Bill will provide a principle organ of the State that will not only monitor, but also enable the enforcement of the Bill of Rights which has long been overdue. This Bill will also bring to an end what some of us, from northern Kenya, call collective punishment. When some bandits or thugs commit crime, the whole community is punished due to the Government’s failure to safeguard the livelihoods of those people. All their livestock is surrounded for a day or two and people are physically tortured when, in fact, most of them are innocent. I hope that the issue of collective punishment, especially by security organs, will cease. I hope that the Commission, once in place, will ensure that the rights of every Kenyan are safeguarded. This Bill will also usher in a new culture of tolerance where human rights and liberties are respected across the board, both by State organs as well as by all Kenyans. I hope that the Commission, once in place, and with the constitutional mandate it has, will force all the State organs to respect human rights. In some parts of this country where the presence of the State is not well felt, we feel that the civil rights and liberties of some Kenyans are trampled upon especially by security organs. We hope that this Commission will live up to the task of ensuring that the rights of all Kenyans are protected as much as possible."
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