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    "id": 640630,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Muthama",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 96,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I most sincerely wish to thank the Chairman for the response. However, I am not satisfied with the answers.First of all, for the Chairperson to say that the Government is not aware that these things have been happening and police have been harassing people is not true. This is because already, there is a response confirming, in fact, that arrests have taken place. Secondly, on 16th December, the people who were arrested were arrested at the police station where they had gone to present a notification of the civic education to the police. They were not arrested on the roadside or assembling but at the police station. So, the Chairperson should try to clarify that. The Chairperson has told the House that the people of Masinga had started marching towards the Governor’s office in Machakos County to present their petition. The distance between Masinga and Machakos Town where the County Government offices are situated is close to 85 kilometres. There is no way that people could start marching towards Machakos Town, given that distance. On the third issue, if those people were arrested in Katani and Mlolongo, they were arrested in the interior and from Katani to Machakos is another distance of 45 minutes. Those people were just going to Machakos County to present a petition to the County Governor that they elected. They went there to explain their grievances and they were arrested even before they could get to Machakos. The other point is that again, ---"
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