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    "id": 779071,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/779071/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malala",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13195,
        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
        "slug": "cleophas-wakhungu-malalah-2"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, first, I want to express my sincere condolences to the families that lost their beloved ones in Mt. Elgon. The insecurity in Mt. Elgon can simply be blamed on the laxity and the incompetence of the police service. In the recent past, we have seen the police service forgetting to perform its core mandate and concentrating on non-issues. I would like to remind the police service that its core mandate is to protect the citizenry of Kenya. Instead, the police service has decided to concentrate on issues like harassing boda boda operators, chang’aa brewers and mama mboga . I want to remember with a lot of pain, that in the recent past, the police service has concentrated on issues that do not help improve the security of our people. The police service has again gone to an extent of ignoring the content of the Constitution of Kenya, which provides under the Bill of Rights, that we have the right to life. Recently, we saw increasing cases of police brutality which have gone unattended to. I want to remind the nation that we lost baby Pendo and nobody has addressed her death. I also want to remind the nation that we lost an innocent student of Vihiga High School, who was innocently going to buy ice-cream, but was shot dead. The police have ignored investigations and nothing is going on. I want to remind this House that the police shot a seven year old boy who was on a balcony and nothing has been done. I also want to remind this House that last week, the police shot an innocent university student in Meru, who was peacefully demonstrating and nothing has been done. The insecurity that we are seeing in Mount Elgon can be blamed squarely on the laxity of the police there. The buck stops with the boss. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Interior and Coordination of National Government, Dr. Matiangi, has been issuing theatrical statements. He is only acting. He is not performing anything. He is a dramatist. He issues statements that do not impact on the welfare of these citizens. I will be moving a Motion to discuss the competence of the CS, Dr. Matiangi. Madam Temporary Speaker, just to conclude in my valedictory remarks, I will want proper legislation to be made to involve the county governments in ensuring that they protect their citizens. This is because by the time somebody in Vigilance House knows the problems of the people of Mount Elgon---"
}