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    "id": 439715,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, on 24th April, 2014, the Member of Parliament for Turkana County, hon. Joyce Emanikor requested for a Statement regarding the protest by boda boda operators against exorbitant and unaffordable fines for lack of helmets which resulted to loss of life and destruction of property. The hon. Member informed the House that in dispersing the youth, the police officers used live bullets and, in the process, the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) shot dead Mr. Eregai Kapua while Mr. Paul Mburu was shot on both legs and hospitalized at Lodwar County referral hospital. The Member sought to be particularly informed on the following:- (i) Why the OCS authorized the use of live bullets on unarmed protesting youth. (ii) Action that has been taken and will be taken against the officer involved; the measures taken by the Government to restore order and assure the business community of security in Lodwar Town. (iii) Whether the Government will meet the cost of treating the injured person and the burial cost of the dead. (vi) The deterrence measures that the Government will put in place to avoid similar incidents in future. (v) The Government’s plan to assist the boda boda operators in the country in terms of training on road use and traffic requirements, considering that most of them cannot afford formal training. Following a series of serious accidents involving motor cyclists in Turkana County, most of which were caused by unlicensed and incompetent riders, the police 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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