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    "id": 721024,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/721024/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "id": 1356,
        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Hon. Kang’ata had a very good idea on how to handle bad people in this country. He said that we should only inflict torture to terrorists and murderers to get information. That is old-age technology. If we want to get information, we must strengthen our systems. We must embrace technology. We can do thorough investigation, so that we do not need to extract information from suspects through torture. We need to have Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in police cells and interrogation rooms to deter police officers from torturing suspects who are in custody. They should know that people are watching them and if they use torture, they will be prosecuted. There is a clause under which one can report a case of torture, but I want to propose the formation of an anti-torture unit within the National Police Service. We do not need to hire new people. We need to train those who are already serving to deal with torture issues. They need to have a very strong investigative unit. Human rights lawyers should be given powers to investigate and prosecute anybody who tortures suspects under police custody, so that when you are affected, you can have somewhere to run to, but not to the same people who work with those who tortured you. People who have been tortured have not been given justice because they report to people who work with those who tortured them. The system in the NPS is the same. No police office would want to arrest and prosecute a fellow police officer because they believe that they are brothers and sisters since they went to the same training college. We need to create an anti- torture unit within the NPS to work with human rights lawyers, who will prosecute cases of torture. Thank you."
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