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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very sad to hear what the Senate Majority Leader has read to the House. Every Kenyan who cares to listen and see what happens in this country saw the police raiding university halls of residence and lobbing teargas canisters in the students’ rooms. The students ran helter- skelter and many of them were injured. When an event like that happens, the custodian of public security and good is the Government. You do not have to wait for anybody to complain. In fact, in criminal acts of that nature, the complainant is the state and not single individuals. My distinguished colleague is a lawyer and knows this very well. When you go to court and somebody is charged with murder, the complainant is the state; the rest are witnesses. Cases of Kondele and many other places including what happened in Nairobi yesterday but one are cases of clear abuse of authority, use of excessive force, brutalization of citizens and a demonstration of total lack of appreciation of the constitutional sanctity of life that Kenyans are entitled to. Mr. Speaker sir, I want to urge as a follow up to what the distinguished Senator of Narok has said; that the issues raised are so pertinent that in keeping with the traditions of this House, you refer this matter to the Committee that we are going to form responsible for security, to thoroughly investigate this matter talk to but not limited to the police Commission, the police Oversight Authority that is supposed to superintend over the police, the Management and the Administration of the University of Nairobi to tell us who called in the police to brutalise the students, the management of the affairs of Kisumu County and all persons that can tell us exactly what happened. We are degenerating to a level where we have brutality on citizens, and I want to discourage my distinguished colleague Murkomen, even if he has written elsewhere, not to call Kenyans criminals and hooligans. There is nobody who is a criminal until they are taken to court, prosecuted and convicted. This extravagant language of calling Kenyans criminals and hooligans, I know it is not your language because you are more decent than that, but do not just read what is given to you. It is not right. We must respect Kenyans. I want to finish by encouraging that we investigate this matter fully and it should not be limited to the issues raised by the distinguished Senator for Narok but all cases of police brutality and extrajudicial killings including the little young boy, Mutinda, who was shot on the balcony of His parent’s house on Tuesday. Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir."
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