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    "id": 718874,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/718874/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
        "slug": "ababu-namwamba"
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    "content": "I am also pleased with Clause 38. In relation to handling of prisoners, we have had countless cases where prisoners die in prison or in remand. This used to be almost the norm with the so called political detainees, during the dark ages when this country was defined by brutal reaction to any political dissent. You would hear of cases where a person is taken into detention in absolute perfect state of health and the next thing you hear is that the family is being informed that the person has died in custody. These people were brutalised and treated with incredible inhumanity and yet absolutely nothing came out of investigations of such cases. In fact, these cases were buried and treated in similar manner as the colonial rulers of this land handled our forefathers who fought for the Independence of this country. In fact, the first case I mentioned of Adungosi falls in that cluster of cases where a person is taken into custody and they lose their lives in the process. The provision that whenever a person dies in a prison or in police custody, the officer in charge of the prison or the officer commanding a police station shall inform the coroner within whose jurisdiction the prison or police station is situated and a coroner who is informed of the death under sub-section (1) shall investigate into the death and prepare an investigative report is progressive. I can see the warning."
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