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    "id": 505612,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, thank you very much. You know the amendment that we are proposing, we are seeking to bring in a law in accordance with what is required in the Constitution. This is just for purposes of persons being held. All the other considerations must be obeyed as it is contained in the Constitution. It is not for a law enforcement officer to hold the person beyond the 24 hours that is required after arrest. That is not what they are supposed to do. This is just purely for information to the parents, legal representatives and guardians of the fact that a child has been arrested. What we are seeking to do is to define what is reasonable. The policemen can say that they do not know where that child came from; or they arrested that child and were told the parents live in Busia and so they have taken about 30 days, which they consider to be reasonable to search for the parents. We are saying no! Thirty days is unacceptable for something called reasonable which we leave to the determination of police officers. We want to define it in law. Within what period must the guardians or parents be informed? That is what we are seeking, hon. Aden. It is the information; it is not about being taken to court. About being taken to court is regulated in the Constitution."
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