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    "id": 484517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2572,
        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
        "slug": "abdul-rahim-dawood"
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Having reviewed the circumstances leading to the death of their loved one, the family instituted a civil case against the police officer involved in the shooting, the Commissioner of Police and the Attorney-General. The Civil Case No.96 of 2008 at the Chief Magistrates Court in Meru was heard and determined in the favour of the family of the deceased; an indicative compensation of Kshs981,020 was awarded. The Government has since not paid the compensation even after numerous attempts by the family to reach out to the Attorney-General’s office. The family members of the late John Muruingi Mberia are peasant farmers and cannot afford legal charges to compel the Government to obey the court ruling. The matter in respect of which this petition is made is not pending before any court of law. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly intervenes to have the Government urgently settle the compensation to the family of the late John Muruingi Mberia as per the ruling of Meru Chief Magistrate in Civil Case No.96 of 2008. And your petitioners will ever pray. Just to add to that, the petitioner is a very old man of over 75 years of age. He can hardly walk. He has been going to the Attorney-General’s offices in Meru and in Nairobi without any success. The Committee on Administration and National Security needs to follow up this petition, and they will be blessed to the end. I think the Chairman will assist us in getting this compensation."
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