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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisii CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Janet Ong’era",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me congratulate Hon. Gimose for bringing this matter for us to discuss, a matter that is extremely weighty and sad. Two Members of this House have been arrested arbitrarily. I say arbitrarily because these Members of Parliament have been arrested like they were in a war zone. Forty police officers went to arrest Hon. Arama, arresting him on flimsy issues on a matter that was a civil case. I have documents here which clearly indicate that this matter had been dealt with and concluded. It is very sad when we try to bring political differences in this House to have Members arrested because there are powerful people who sit in this House and they can just arrest somebody. I agree with Hon. Kimunya that the days of arbitrary arrests are back. The darks days are back. This House will not sit and condone dark days being brought back to this country. My Member of Parliament for Bobasi, in exercising his political rights, in defending his people where he has chosen to be the people’s representative, was arrested by over 50 policemen and he was treated like a highflying criminal. He was escorted to Kisii by over 50 vehicles. It is a shame in this country and we condemn this. We will not tolerate as Members of Parliament to sit back and see our colleagues being arrested on bailable offences without being allowed to be bailed out."
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