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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Due to lack of time, I will speak very fast. First of all, let me express again on the Floor my sincere condolences to the Member of Parliament for Nyakach who is here with us and say that we are with you. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue we are talking about is not confined to Kisumu County. The issue we are talking about is everywhere in many parts of this country. The Government has the sole responsibility of protecting its citizens. A few weeks ago, a teacher by the name Abira was killed together with his son and what was interesting is that he was hit by an arrow while standing in between policemen. The reason the police gave was that their gun had been snatched by the thugs. These police are still there. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my assessment of the situation in Nyanza is that Nyanza being a CORD zone, policemen were brought there in expectation that there may be violence after elections and nobody has gone to debrief the policemen to come back to their normal duties. We cannot sit back and watch. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the Aduma situation, I have personally contacted the Inspector General (IG) of Police and he is of the opinion that the MP is a rogue. The MP went and recorded a statement. He was instead put in police cells. What are we supposed to do? What are Kenyans supposed to do if the Government or the Executive is resisting the will of the people? We collected and collated views of Kenyans to reform the police force. The police force today is worse than it was ten years ago and it is getting worse. One of our own Members of Parliament, hon. Johnstone Muthama, who is a Minority Whip in the Senate, has over the weekend had his security and all his privileges withdrawn by the police like his car and all that. He called me on Sunday and told me: “Somebody has to speak for me.” He told me he called the IG and the IG told The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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