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    "id": 903019,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate the comment by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights through the Chairperson, Sen. Cherargei. However, we must speak more when Kenyans face the same challenges that Sen. Malalah faced. The amazing thing about this issue is that Sen. Malalah is innocent yet he spent three days in custody as the gold scammers were being interviewed on television. In fact, those scammers were almost cat walking for scamming gold. That is the contradiction in this country. The principle of the rule of law is that everybody is equal before the law. That means that the person of interest in the gold scam should be talking from a police station and not from a television station. Sen. Malalah is magnanimous and that is why he shared food with the prisoners. When he walked out of custody, he was smiling but he said that he was going to sue. We are not just a third world country; we are nearly primitive. You cannot incarcerate somebody for three days for nothing. That is called unlawful custody; a tort, and Sen. Malalah is entitled to compensation for unlawful custody. I saw the video where Sen. Malalah said that a particular police officer would always be present when he was being arrested. Imagine what ordinary Kenyans go through. Sen. Malalah had the opportunity to say; ‗please do not handcuff me‘ but ordinary Kenyans are handcuffed every day. Women are handcuffed by men and people are beaten. Can the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights speak to some of the injustices that Kenyans are facing through the police? As we said; today it is me and it might be you tomorrow. Sen. Orengo talked of the revolution eating its own babies and some of the things that he said are coming to pass. I have not said anything about someone from the Majority side but this Government has treated the leaders in an unfair manner to justify arresting people. I have learnt that the victims are found cut but with no blood, hence, associating Sen. Malalah to the crimes in Kakamega is associating him with cultish and devilish acts. It is wrong to incarcerate him for nothing and associate him with others simply because he wanted to find out what was happening. In the Magna Carta1215, the rule of law, nobody is above the law. In this country, some people are above the law and that is why I said that some people are cat walking when they should be in court. Sen. Malalah is probably being harassed because he does not have a godfather or he could have insulted somebody. Those in power must read the Bible where it says that those who live by the sword will die by the same sword."
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