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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": "I thought that hon. Lessonet would bring a version that contradicts what has been tabled here by the able Chairman of the Committee. I think we are doing a disservice to this country. I think we have used taxpayer’s money which was given to that able Committee to investigate what actually transpired on the ground. He came up with a very good report and it says that the circumstances leading to Brian Birir’s death are unclear. “Unclear” means that when they were posing questions to those who were on the ground, they were unable to tell what happened. There is no need of forcing words into the mouth of the Chairman of this able Committee, that it is the police who killed him. How is that possible? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me take you to page 32 on paragraph four where they say that the police cannot be held responsible for the death of Brian Kiptanui as the circumstances leading to his death are unclear. That is what this Committee found out. But when you say that we have to amend that bit to suit what Mr. Lessonet wants, I think that is a waste of taxpayers’ money. What Mr. Lessonet should have said is this: “I am not happy with this Report. I am not voting for it and I would like you to give me more time so that I can form my own committee. Let me constitute my own committee and then go and question those people on the ground in order for me to vilify and implicate the police.” That cannot work in today’s 21st Century. I also want to say this: Those police officers whom he wants to implicate on everything and anything are our brothers and sisters. This is not a Committee that was constituted from outside the House. This is not a Committee that was constituted from a local baraza . This is a Committee which has people who are professionals. They came up with an excellent Report and I will vote for it as it is. That is why I am opposing the amendment. It is true that there are some rogue police officers but, in this particular one, that Committee found out that there were no rogue police officers in that particular area at that particular time. That is why they came up with this excellent Report. We are all aware that with a police force of 40,000 people, they cannot all be good. It is true but on this particular case, you cannot implicate a police officer who has not done anything wrong. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose."
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