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    "id": 612169,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/612169/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2433,
        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
        "slug": "abdulswamad-sheriff-nassir"
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    "content": "14 Wednesday 2nd December, 2015(A) The State is meant to fulfill its duty to protect human life as enshrined in Article 26(1) of the Constitution that guarantees the right to life, liberty and security of the person. This includes the right not to be subjected to any form of violence from either public or private sources. Article 29 is on the right to freedom and security of the person. Article 30 is on the right not to be held in slavery or servitude. Article 49 is on the rights of an arrested person. Article 53(f) is on the rights of children who have been detained. Article 53(d) is on the protection of children from abuse, neglect, harmful cultural practices and all forms of violence, inhuman treatment, punishment and hazardous or exploitative labour. I come from an area where some of the things that were happening in this country during colonial times are actually happening right now. I come from a constituency where the police can just decide that today they are doing a swoop in a certain area, and they pick up 500 to 600 people. These are youth that have the capacity to build this country and have some meaningful impact in this country. Someone just picks up 500 to 600 people and the next day they go to court and charges are laid against them. Those are the colonial laws that were used against the freedom fighters, when they were fighting for our freedom in this country. Someone is arrested and charged with loitering or for having no identity card. This is something which I always question the police. They usually say that you were arrested “in maeneo” meaning that the police suspect that, that particular area is known to have a high rate of crime. They arrest you for just being in that place. That in itself is unconstitutional because the Constitution guarantees the right of movement to every person. What is more painful is that you get arrested---"
}