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    "id": 35058,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/35058/?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"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) On 4th June, 2011, at about 9.30 a.m., the deceased, Boniface Njenga Mweru, in a motor vehicle, KSN 290, a Datsun 1200, yellow in colour, was driving along Githiga-Kiambu Road to his farm. About 500 metres from his home, he stopped to talk to a young girl in school uniform. Soon, a Toyota Prado Registration Number KBL 393X, silver in colour, pulled behind his car. Two men emerged from the car and shot the deceased, killing him instantly at that particular venue. The assailants and the girl escaped in the Prado car to an unknown destination. Nothing at all was stolen from the deceased. (b) Investigations commenced immediately and it was established that the deceased had been called by a stranger through his mobile phone number. The caller’s handset was traced to a 48 years old lady, Consolata Achieng Onyango, living in Rongo, somewhere in Nyanza. She led the police to Baba Dogo in Nairobi where her son Kennedy Otieno lived and whom she alleged to have given her the handset. However, the suspect had received information about the mother’s arrest and had disappeared by the time police arrived at his home. Consolata Achieng Onyango was thereafter released for lack of evidence. Further investigations revealed that the registration number KBL 393X belonged to a Toyota Cruiser Pick-up converted into a tour van owned by Mohammed Seif of Box No.13471-00800, Nairobi. Several witnesses have recorded statements, including people who did business with the deceased, and more people are being sought. Police have managed to obtain a photograph of one of the main suspects, Kennedy Otieno, and the same has been circulated through Kenya Police Gazette and other police media all over the country. Also, plans are underway to place a newspaper advertisement with the photograph of the suspect. The police are appealing to anyone, including my colleague, who could have information that can help resolve the murder to volunteer the same to the nearest police station."
}