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    "id": 709506,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very tragic when Government officers mandated to protect the lives of Kenyans bring such kind of a statement that seems to give a narration of a video of some sort. We are talking about the loss of life. The Vice- Chairperson or the Ministry is giving us stories that do not point to the issue. She has told us that on 22nd September, police officers received a distress call from the assistant chief that some thugs had attacked some village or some people. She then went ahead to say that the police officers met some suspects 200 metres from the house that was attacked. However, the person in this case was shot on 23rd while the distress call came on 22nd. They are telling us that they met the suspects only 200 metres from the family where they were attacked. Does she want to tell us these suspects were riding at a very slow speed that in one day they only covered 200 metres? We are getting very interesting things like what was asked by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. They said that the police officers shot in the air and that Mr. Musa Koech sustained injuries from the bullet shot in the air and died. The information we have is that this person was shot by the police. We have to be serious and must avoid taking the lives of Kenyans so lightly. How can we be treated to some public relation exercise by the Ministry? They are not telling us how this person was shot yet we know that the police officer who shot him is a Mr. Ekirapa and nothing has been done to him.He is still serving in the same police station. Could the Chairperson clarify the following: (a) Has the Government charged the cyclist and the two passengers for the alleged offence if indeed they were suspects? One of the passengers is a police officer who is on duty right now. He is still working because he was not a suspect. They were innocent Kenyans who were going about their businesses and a trigger-happy police officer shot one of them. (b) Could we be told of the investigation that has been done by the Government to establish if these people were indeed suspects and what is the outcome of these investigations is? (c) What has the Government done with regard to this trigger-happy police officer known as Mr. Ekirapa? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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