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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Gure",
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        "legal_name": "Shukran Hussein Gure",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order 84, I wish to make a Personal Statement regarding intimidation of my bodyguard, driver, SUPKEM Chairman and me by military officers manning Madogo police barrier in Garissa. On the morning of Saturday, 23rd August, 2014, I was scheduled to attend a meeting in Garissa Town. I left Nairobi early in the morning. On my way, an ugly incident took place just some minutes’ drive to Garissa Town, at Shabaha area in Madogo.We were harassed and intimated. In as much as there should be no compromise in matters of security, the manner in which the officers handled me was unwarranted and undignified. It was a total violation of the Constitution. It is also sad to know that the road barrier is manned by military officers contrary to the provisions of the Traffic Act. This raises the question as to who should be manning our roads blocks. If, as an hon. Member, I was subjected to such harassment, what about the ordinary citizens of this country? It is a question that begs an answer from this august House. Hon. Speaker, efforts to introduce myself, my driver and bodyguards using their job cards were in vain. There were eight military officers in number, and they asked my driver to park the car on the side of the road and wait for further instructions. The officers held us for about an hour. By the time they released me, I was already late for the meeting. I felt harassed as a female hon. Member. To conclude, the other time it was my good friend, hon. Sarah Korere. On Saturday it was me. Maybe, tomorrow it will be another hon. Member. Hon. Speaker, I wish to urge the Government to protect female hon. Members from harassment and humiliation of all kinds."
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