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    "id": 861430,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you. I did not hear it clearly. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this debate. I thank Sen. Khaniri for coming up with this Bill. This is a Bill that speaks to all of us and to all the counties. I remember some years back I was in Nairobi County and I saw people running here and there and wondered what was happening. There was a lot of panic in the City around where I was and then from nowhere, I saw women being bundled in vehicles and there was a lot of disorder. What was happening was that the City askaris were running after some vendors. Madam Temporary Speaker, this law will bring order in our counties so that even when the law enforcers are working, they work in an orderly manner and it does not mean that everyone else must be part of the work they are doing. There is need for managing city askaris and this Bill will help manage the way they behave regarding execution of their duties. There are instances when city askaris can take a mean approach when it comes to executing their duties. There are instances when they just bundle people in their vehicles; they pick one person who has committed an offence, passers-by are not aware of what is happening, people are screaming all over and they bundle people in vehicles. Sometimes you can really sympathize with the way they bundle people in their vehicles. I have seen a situation where even someone with disability was bundled minus his wheel chair. First, he was bundled in a vehicle, then his wheel chair followed. It is very unconstitutional and very inhuman. There is need for a law to ensure that even as city askaris carry out their mandate, they do it with decency and respect for the common man because it is constitutional that people need to be respected. Even persons with disabilities need to be treated with respect. This Bill speaks to that. City askaris need to be keen about special needs even when they are doing their work. I have also seen where the common man, especially women, go through harrowing moments. You find a woman selling her vegetables or fruits and from nowhere, the city askaris come, they do not sometimes say a word. They just take the vegetables and fruits and throw them all over whereas this is a woman who has decided that she will not look for illegitimate alternative ways of getting money but will look for legitimate ways of getting money to feed her family, ensure her family has shelter, food and clothing. This woman needs to be protected and helped. There is need for the Senate to ensure that this Bill sees the light of day so that when the Act comes into force, we can protect the common man because we have been mandated to oversight what happens in the counties and to even protect mama mboga. This Senate will be held accountable if we do not look for a mechanism to ensure that mama mboga is protected. We are here to serve the common man. This Bill has actually come at the right time; a time when the Senate needs to interrogate the county government and ensure that city askaris go through some form of training, so that they have some ethics in them. Some of them could be ethical but most of them are heartless. Some behave in a manner The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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