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    "id": 903112,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13195,
        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
        "slug": "cleophas-wakhungu-malalah-2"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, I meant that we needed even to have people who can pretend to be mad so that they come up with the correct intelligence rather than employing children of rich people in this country. When I was arrested, it was very bad. I believe all of you have seen the video circulating on the social media. It is sad that we have even tribalised the police force. I was arrested by 15 officers. Of which, 13 are from the same tribe. When I was handed over to Kisumu Police Station, we had a situation whereby police officers from a certain tribe disagreed with police officers from another tribe. We had some from a tribe that tried to defend me. They told other officers from the other tribe that they could deal with me now that I was in the police custody, but they insisted on assaulting me. It is unfortunate that our police force has been divided on tribal lines. It is a shame. I was detained in a small corridor which had no aeration. I was locked up there and became unconscious for four hours. My bodyguards were denied access to come and help me while I lay down there helpless. My father went to Aga Khan Hospital and came with a doctor, but they denied that doctor access until 3.00 a.m. in the morning when they allowed in one doctor under the guard of a police officer to treat me. The doctor insisted that he wanted to record that he had seen me and the state in which I was, but he was manhandled out of the police cells. This is bad. We need to condemn this. If this can be done to me, an elected leader, what about a common mwananchi? I was denied my privileges of even communicating with my lawyer. I was not told why I was arrested until some DCIO from Busia County came on Saturday and told me that I needed to record a statement. While doing so, I demanded to know what they had accused me of. They told me, conspiracy to murder – something of the sort. I was surprised. I braced myself for tough questions from the DCIO. He asked me five or six questions which sounded funny to me. For example, where do you stay? Do you know the MCA by the name Lubira Sudwori from Mayoni? What is your relationship between you and the MP? Do you know that MCA is vying for the MP seat in 2022? Surely? I was perturbed. After which, I was taken back to my cell. I take this opportunity to thank Governor Anyang-Nyong‘o who came and pleaded with the police officers, so that I could be given some clean room because I was staying just next to the toilets. I thank him for ensuring that at least, he brought every meal to me. That is why I am still healthy, courtesy of him. I condemn the fact that the police do not respect the rule of law. The DPP issued an order for my release at around 9.00 a.m. However, by 6.00 p.m., that order had not been received by the said police. The motive was to have me sleep in the cell. One of the investigative officers from Kakamega bought the order, but the Officer in Charge of the Station (OCS) refused to release me. He kept me there up to midnight with the excuse that they had sent a junior officer. It is wrong for the police officers to defy orders irrespective of who brought them. Some members of the public were agitating for my release and the police officers chose to throw teargas in the cell where I was. It was sad to learn that there was no water in the women‘s cell. The women in that cell were actually crying. Lucky enough, we had water in our cell although we were suffocating. We need to relook into the police reforms 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."
}