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    "id": 711242,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "I thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Petition. As Hon. Rasso said, this issue of ensuring that our police and security forces are best trained does not apply to this pertinent issue right now of allocation of land and site, but it is also in the nature and mentality of their training. We happen to be in a new constitutional dispensation in which we expect that our police forces, apart from the basic skills and security skills they have, bear the mentality and attitude about promoting human rights, protecting human rights and ensuring Kenyans enjoy fully all the freedoms and human rights. You have seen some of the regrettable conduct of the police force in the Mumias issue. The police acted contrary to the spirit of the Constitution. The issue of Mumias does not specifically touch on the physical space and the resources for police to train and do their work rather it touches on the style, approach, methodology and understanding of what it is to be a security service in Kenya, how to protect the Kenyan citizens and help them enjoy their human rights. The police should not be in the lead in violating people’s human rights in the course of doing security work. So, I support this Petition. We are right in the middle of 16 days of activism against gender violence. I know that Members of this House have been involved in issues related to gender-based violence recently that do not in any way uplift the honour of this House. These are matters of security. It has touched within the inclination and ---"
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