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    "id": 629684,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Haji",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 26,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I must admit that this statement is overdue. It was raised in the last session. However, most of the answers that were coming were not satisfactory. I hope and pray that this one will meet the desire of my colleague and brother Sen. Musila who has been very patient. It reads as follows:- On 23rd February, 2016, Sen. Musila requested for a statement regarding killings that occurred in Kitui County on various dates in 2015. He sought to be informed on the progress that had been made in the prosecution of the alleged perpetrators of the killing of 15 people who were arrested on 17th July 2015. Also he sought to know whether the Government is considering training and arming home guards to secure the volatile Kitui-Tana River border as done in other areas. I wish to state as follows: The prosecution and conviction of the various cases is on case to case basis. However, instituting and undertaking criminal proceedings against any person before any court, except the court martial, is the mandate of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, which is an independent constitutional office under Article 157 of the Constitution, (2010). Conviction is the mandate of the Judiciary. The perpetrators of the killings in Kitui County in 2015 were arrested on diverse dates, not on 17th July 2015. The incidents which led to the killings were reported as follows:- On 14th May, 2015, Paul Sammy, aged 23, a motorcycle rider was hired by two unknown people to take them from Tulima to Bangale in Tana River County. The rider was later found dead in Tulima area. His motorcycle was registration number, KMDJ 380D, of SKYGO make and blue in colour. It was valued at Kshs80,000. It was stolen though recovered later. One suspect, Bashir Abdi, was arrested and charged with murder and robbery Vide Court File No.188/2015. Five witnesses have so far testified while seven more are waiting to testify. On 27th May, 2015 at about 8.00 a.m. at Kalambani sub-location in Mutha location, Mutomo Sub-county, the body of Maluki Kilungya, aged 55, was found in his cattle shed. Two suspects, Woli Abdulahi Bare alias Wili and Mohammed Mahamud Farah, have since been arrested and charged with murder vide criminal case---"
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