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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thirdly, I do not think that these conflicts are in fact necessarily inter-ethnic. When you talk about the conflicts in Kimwanga, all the people there are essentially the same. This is just criminal. I would add to what Hon. Kioni said that there may be an angle of collusion by people who organised this, if it is in fact an organised and a syndicate type of crime but that is exactly what the police must unravel. They can unravel and say that in fact this thing is politically organised, and it is organised for revenge that occurred sometime ago. This is organised out of greed or whatever the case might be but it must be explained. It cannot just pass and then we move on. That is unacceptable thing to do. I do not see that anywhere in our law where it says when you have a case of this kind just forget it, go and pray and let the thing pass, God himself will punish them. Yes, he might punish him. Those fellows might live up to 100 years. God will not take them away that quickly and we cannot accept to have that continue. We must really stand firm. We should come out clearly and identify the weak spots in this system. As I quote Hon. Kioni again, what he has pointed out about the weakness in a reporting system in the DPP’s Office is true. I think DPP is one way of beginning to think about how this should be tackled. Lastly, we must have a way in which we get feedback on how many cases have been unravelled, how many have failed and how much money has been used. We would have talked about loss of property. Each time we talk about these, they jump from loss of life to loss of property. I think the hierarchy of importance is loss of lives that is far important than loss of property. Both need to be protected in due course. However, let us not mix those two. Let us get this police service to be accountable. We saw them as a police force during demonstrations. If they can be a police force, let them be a police force in dealing with crimes of this nature. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Motion. I would like to pass my condolences to the many people who are affected by the deaths of the 42 persons that have been identified in this House."
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