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    "id": 785960,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to speak on this Motion. Picking up from where Hon. Oundo has left, this is a draconian Motion that should not have seen the light of the day. The Mover of this Motion should read the Bill of Rights in totality and understand it. When people are given the right to picket and demonstrate, you cannot gag them. You cannot start creating boundaries that they are supposed to demonstrate in this level and not the other level. When you are demonstrating, it means that there is something you are aggrieved about. You are sending a message that there is something that is not right. We could go outside the offices of IEBC and send a message that we are not happy about what was going on and we wanted something to be done. If you are unhappy about a certain officer, we can go to that corner, where that officer is doing his trade and deal with it from there. I therefore do not see how designated areas are going to work for people who want to demonstrate. Demonstrations have no limit or boundaries. In fact, the biggest violator of the human rights is the State. If we give the State a blank cheque to do whatever they want, the police will go and confine people in certain corners where they can clobber you senseless. This is not allowed. We cannot allow this. We are law makers, this is a House of record, a place where we are supposed to make laws to govern this country and we must give Kenyans good laws that can guide the development and bring order in the country. We have come from far. During the KANU days in the 1980s, people were not allowed to do anything even in their own houses. People were arrested. What is happening to Hon. Miguna happened to a street preacher called Balala. He was flown all over the world and brought back. The Government is exercising impunity. I believe that individuals who were involved in the saga of Miguna will one day pay individually to what is happening. They are disregarding the law and if we give them leeway, they can do the worst. We have just come from a very acrimonious election which was hotly contested and ended up in demonstrations. We are demanding reforms and some of the things that we are enjoying today were achieved through demonstrations and public barazas . We should not take some of these things for granted. We must protect this Constitution, the Bill of Rights, citizens’ rights and therefore, I oppose this Motion and request the Mover to withdraw it. I oppose and hope that all of us in this House will see the mischief in this Motion. Thank you for allowing me to speak on this Motion."
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