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    "id": 899633,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me start by thanking Hon. Elsie Muhanda for bringing this Adjournment Motion and quickly take this opportunity to pass my condolences to the families that lost their loved ones and also those who have been injured. I was watching television yesterday and saw a very old man who was cut severely in the face. I just want to wish him and the rest of the victims a quick recovery. Matungu and the other constituencies that have been affected are our neighbours in Mumias East. You wonder what has happened all over again because this is an area that has been very peaceful. This is Mulembe area which is actually generally meant to be very peaceful. You wonder what has happened. I do not want to agree with my colleagues who are saying that we need to enhance the number of police officers because even when this area was peaceful, we had fewer police officers than the current ones that we have. Currently, we have very many new stations. Looking at the structure of the police currently, every sub-county has an OCPD. Therefore, the presence of the police should be better than it has been. If you looked at the way our police officers get hold of the brewers, you wonder. It is usually very fast. They hire motorbikes to get the brewers to the cells who end up never being taken to court. They do it for their own selfish interests. Because of time, I want to call upon the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Interior and Coordination of National Government. Knowing that the Mumias Sugar Company which used to improve the economy of this area is now down and not operating, I wish that he enhances security in this area because the people who used to earn from Mumias Sugar Company could be"
}