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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is sad for somebody to die. It is sad when that person dies suddenly and it is even worse when a person is killed right in front of their family members. The psychological effect on the wife and the daughter of the late Hon. Muchai is something that has to be dealt with because, indeed, they will suffer. We know that a father is the protector of a family. When a father is shot that way, we are left with no other hope that you have somebody to protect you. I take this opportunity to condole with the family of the late Hon. Muchai and the families of the two bodyguards and the drivers who were also killed. That morning, I was shocked. When I woke up, I prepared to go to Voi for a Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani meeting. My guard came running to me and warned me to be very careful because things had worsened in this town. He then told me that an attack had happened at the Nyayo National Stadium Roundabout. Later, I found out that this had happened around the General Post Office (GPO). I passed there at about 5.00 o’clock and was shocked by the vehicles that had gathered there. For me, the reality was that somebody had been shot. That was not just somebody but an hon. Member who had a lot of protection. That sent a lot of shivers down my spine. I said work must continue and we have to do what we must. However, the sense of panic and that of not being safe is something we share in this country. Notwithstanding the CCTV cameras we have, we have not seen any footage of what happened. There is technology, I think, that can unmask those who are masked. If we have CCTV which is working, then we should get to the bottom of this as the Committee at the National Assembly said. We need to get to the bottom of this matter. Unfortunately, this has become rhetoric. This is what we always say. One of the cartoons in yesterday’s Daily Nation Newspaper captured that very well. We come out to say that we will not leave any stones unturned and that we will get to the bottom of the issue but this does not happen. We want to see it happening. We want it to come to an end. We cannot continue to live with this level of impunity and insecurity. Insecurity is escalating in this country. Things are deteriorating more and more with each passing day. Rather than make an improvement, we are moving backwards. We had dealt with street children who posed as a security threat. However, we are now seeing them coming back to the society. I would like to take this opportunity to say that the young man who died while saving the woman who was being mugged, those are the heroes we need in this country."
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