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    "id": 720042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/720042/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chumel",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 318,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": "Mine is just to caution this House because things will be happening slowly like this. We are not different from other countries like Somalia. We should not allow some things to go beyond our hands because we will not defend ourselves at all. In the new Constitution there is freedom of expression, assembly and association. When people air their grievances or what they want to improve this country and others come in and stop them in a funny way, and they end up losing their lives, this is not good for our country. As we continue discussing this issue, we need proper protection for office holders. You can remember what happened to the former head of National Intelligence Service (NIS) Bwana Gichangi. He did well and once raised some issues but later he was forced to resign. Should we allow the good people who are serving Kenya to be removed in such an ugly way? No! We have to stand and protect them and the law is there to protect them. The Constitution is there to stand with them. We need to see to it that the officers in authority discharge their duties without interference. Let them serve Kenyans well and unite us. I come from an area with a lot of insecurity because it was left behind and people fight to defend themselves left and right. It has nothing to do with cattle rustling but it is because of lack of protection of their property that they defend themselves and look for ways to secure what they have. If they do not do that, after struggling for a long time to increase their stock then one day some people just come and take away their animals, then that is bad. We should not allow this to happen in our cities. Right now in Nairobi, one cannot move freely because we are almost going back to where we were. I want to support the CS in charge of Interior and Coordination of National Government for having started well but I think he is now going overboard. He is only after the politicians instead of looking at the general crimes which are happening around. I support this Bill and urge my colleagues to be serious on this. Kenyans did their part when they voted for the Constitution and here we are now. We have to better it and ensure that whatever we pass in this House will protect Kenyans for a hundred years to come."
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