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    "id": 787008,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to speak to this Motion albeit I wanted to contribute to the others. But, thanks for the chance when it has come. I rise to support that we need to have designated areas gazetted for street demonstrations and picketing. I fully support this one because we have noticed many innocent people suffer many a times during picketing or demonstrations in this country because the people demonstrating do not have any order: there is chaos. The innocent people who walk the streets suffer going about their businesses yet they may not know what is happening. They become victims of circumstances. Riots at times happen and people loot and policemen harass people left, right and centre. In the process, innocent people are injured as we have seen in many places in this country. The world over, we have areas which are designated for these demonstrations. People move on peacefully; they express their feelings in placards; announcing; talking and even by keeping quiet. Unfortunately in Kenya, we have made picketing or demonstrations to be about people carrying stones, throwing items at one another and the police having a field day. In the process, a lot of damage is done. In the just concluded elections, before the great handshake, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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