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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1565,
        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "The place of attack was hardly 50 meters from the police station. Everybody was cleared from the streets including the boda boda operators. What it calls into question is; where were the police, having cleared people, only for attackers to kill by stabbing people, in fact robbing supermarkets and shops in a short while? I leave it for circumstantial evidence. The fact that the police officers were lethargic is not in doubt. People died. What I am against is a situation where we run from securing our force. When you look at my constituency for instance, when you go to a police station and imagine for instance where we keep the arms given to the police officers, you see nothing that is secure. I will be urging my colleagues that we look at the manner in which we recruit. Last time, in fact hardly two week ago, we had cadets being recruited into the forces across the country. These are senior army officers; they go in, get degrees and become captains. Two people were taken as cadets from my constituency, on reporting to KDF they were chased away and unclearly they have been replaced by other people. The question would therefore be; if you are somewhere in north eastern Kenya, who is this going to secure your people when your people are not being recruited into the force? Can we propose a Motion that is more relevant? A Motion which, for instance would compel the police to ensure that at least from every constituency we have people being recruited into the various forces as and when they come. I mentioned earlier that today we lost a gentleman aged 24 years in the operation at the Westgate Shopping Mall."
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