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    "id": 499406,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Chapter 4, that is the Bill of Rights, you want to suspend the Constitution; the right to movement. Section 39(1) has been breached in this operation. Article 40(2(a) is on deprivation of property. About 60 shops were burnt and many people were actually beaten and maimed. So, this provision of the Constitution has been breached. The provision on Article 40 (3)(b) is on compensation, where if you have to take land or destroy some property, you must pay compensation. That has also been breached. On the right to human dignity, when officers enter houses that have babies, with teargas it means that part of the Constitution has been thrown out of the window, and this is highly unconstitutional. As we conduct the operation, because we support disarmament, the entire region should be disarmed but it should have what we call a human face. This operation should start simultaneously in Kapedo and in Turkana region. All places must be disarmed comprehensively and simultaneously. That is my position, that we need to disarm but let us not break the law as we conduct the exercise. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, last year alone I did my best with the Minister and we worked very closely with those who were in charge of the operation. We recovered 100 guns. I want to say, let us not target one community. We know we used to have operation Nyundo and Operation Dumisha Amani, but this operation looks like it is an Operation “ Kuangamiza Pokot ”. So, this must never be done that way but it must cover the entire region. We want this operation to be intelligence-led. I have worked very closely with the administration, to make sure that elders recover all the 22 firearms."
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