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    "id": 767377,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to add my two cents worth to this because as I read out in the question and the response greatly affects my county as well as Sen. Outa’s and that is the point of order he is trying to raise. Any country where even one death becomes normalized is on the brink of destruction. From wherever you sit on the political divide the fact that people have lost their lives should be of grave concern to all of us, no matter by what circumstances those deaths have been caused. This is a grave matter and I concur with the Senate Majority Leader that these acts must be deeply investigated by a specific Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hate to think that we have lost ourselves to the extent that we politicize these deaths or that those whom we entrust with the mandate to protect us would actually go past a crowd of protestors, go into a house and shoot a child. I would hate to imagine that. I would also hate to imagine that anyone within this country would then think that it can be used politically or for whatever reason. We want to understand and go through the motions and hear witness statements. I am sure you have seen from social media; the very different accounts. There are people who are saying that these acts are done by the police while others say that these were simply criminal gangs who came in. This matter must be taken with the weight it deserves. We will not use the same words the very distinguished lawyers have corrected us not to since we have not studied law. Even those people you see obviously acting in a manner to suggest that they are engaging in acts of hooliganism cannot be called Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even as this Committee sits down, we must address the issue of demonstrations. Our Constitution is clear that people’s rights cannot be taken away; that every Kenyan can peacefully and unarmed demonstrate. But every right must be given parameters within which it is exercised. When you see people with stones, walking with The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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