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    "id": 502217,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, my own assessment of the Statement is that it is far from adequate to respond to the weighty issues. Clarify for the purpose of this Senate, is a Government allowed to close its eyes to the obvious? The fact that violations are taking place is a matter that is obvious to everybody. Secondly, can the Senate set itself standards to deny responses that are characteristic, particularly from agencies of national security? I have seen it over and again even at the time when I used to serve at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) that they would tell you, if there is really an issue of that nature, tell the relatives or somebody to report to the nearest police station. In law, the Government is under duty and obligation to act within the law. So, you need not file a complaint to the police. The police can, out of its own volition, undertake an investigation. To try and tell Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo to go and record a statement is tantamount not to acting on that matter or to put a denial that is not acceptable within democratic practices and this Senate."
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