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    "id": 94708,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Thank you very much Madam Temporary Speaker. One French philosopher, Jean Rousseau once said that a man is born free but is everywhere in chains. Indeed, we thank this House for the privilege of having had time to investigate what bedevils the youth of this nation who form 70 per cent of our population. When our time ran out, we were given several extensions to allow us to complete our work. I also thank my colleagues, Members of this important Committee, led by my very able friend, the hon. Member for Ndaragwa, Jeremiah Kioni. We walked the length and breadth of this country. We went to many parts of the country and met many groups. What we found out, indeed, was shocking! We reached places like the maximum prison in Kamiti where we interviewed Maina Njenga. We met victims and members of such dreaded gangs such as the SLDF. We also went to the City Mortuary and met a horrific site of young people; teenagers who had been shot by the police. We also met young people who appeared before this Committee, one being Njuguna Gitau, the spokesman of the Kenya Youth Alliance who expressed fears for his life. He said that he was a walking dead man. Indeed, before this Committee completed its work, Njuguna Gitau was shot and killed. However, the case of Moses Irungu Mwangi and Boniface Mugo Mwangi, the two young people who were arrested by police and disappeared later only to be found in a mortuary in Narok--- Their bodies were later moved to the City Mortuary. When we visited there on 30th October, we were horrified to see what we saw."
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