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    "id": 526219,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/526219/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to add my voice to the condolences to the late Hon. Muchai’s family and friends for the untimely demise of this great son of Kenya. While saying so, let us ask ourselves one fundamental question: Why is it safe to walk in the streets of Kampala, Addis Ababa and Kigali at night when Nairobi is not that safe? We do not need to send our security officials to London or New York to learn how to make sure that we are safe in our country. Our neighbours are examples and we should learn from them. All the time, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) says that it will leave no stones unturned. The stones are now tired. They have been waiting to be turned for all these years and none of them has been turned. Speaking on their behalf, I must say that we should not cheat stones that we shall turn them when they will not be turned. Mr. Speaker, Sir, people have mentioned names of Kenyans who have been gunned down in broad daylight. I remember, when Shem Onyango alias Kwega was gunned down in Kisumu at 10.00 a.m. Not too long ago, a young man called Odek up here in Eastlands was gunned down in broad daylight. Every time people are gunned down, there is a promise that something will be done. We have not heard anything about Shem Onyango; we have not heard anything about Odek’s killers and now it is our colleague. Obviously, there must be something wrong about the security forces themselves and their methods of keeping security. Of course, Sen. Murkomen has said that one of the things that are ailing the nation is the search for wealth all the time that compromises professionalism and commitment to duty. Indeed, the police force in Kenya is not paid any higher than those in Uganda, Ethiopia or Rwanda. This is not a question of salaries nor do they lack the equipment that policemen in Ethiopia, Uganda and Kigali have. They have equal equipment, I would say, or even less than ours. It is important that we make sure that we interrogate how security issues are carried out in this country. We should check the professionalism of our security forces and the line of authority that makes it rather difficult for people to obey orders. Indeed, we have now introduced things like Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) in our cities. The CCTVs by themselves will not do anything unless---"
}