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    "id": 500505,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/500505/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 420,
        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "The other important thing is the right to due process of law. Most of the time people do not know their rights. Many Kenyans are illiterate. They do not know that they have a right to a fair hearing, legal representation and even an interpreter. This one clearly makes it mandatory that whenever you are arrested before or during trial, you are entitled to some of these things. It is an important thing that when you are arrested, or when in custody, you are always able to access representation, interpreters and all that. As I said earlier, it is a very important Bill. We also talk about the right to communication to your relatives and the right to inspect receipt books; so, when you leave your items with the authorities, maybe at the police station, you have a right to determine by looking at the records that all your items are safe and available. The Bill also talks about restrictions of searches. Most of the time, people are humiliated. Police officers search suspects in a very inhumane way just to humiliate them and make them feel that they are not human beings. It is important, as set out in this Bill that persons of a certain sex should be searched by a person of the same sex. It is very important that we have set the parameters for searches. I support that particular clause."
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