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    "id": 960416,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "When I gave the example of the situation we had in Parliament when the President was present, and we held demonstrations in that House, it demonstrates that we have a mature security apparatus and disciplined forces. If it was in another country and the President is embarrassed by whistling, doing catcalls and carrying placards in Parliament in the full glare of the entire Republic and in full presence of the entire security apparatus, I would probably have had to find a safe house to sleep in that night. I would have either been taken to a safe house by the State, or I would have looked for a safe house myself. That credit goes to our disciplined forces and security apparatus; we went home and spent a peaceful night with our wives and children. I want to encourage them that despite all the irritations that come up in the political space, we should hold that kind of approach to civil liberties. Let us not run after MPs with 50 officers of the General Service Unit (GSU); let us not use a hammer to kill a flea. That way, we will be inflaming situations and passions, and creating a situation that this country is burning and that it is on the wrong path; but that is not the case. Officers of the disciplined forces have done their bit. They have stuck to their lane, avoided coup d'états in this country, and provided a conducive environment despite the pressure we have along our borders. We must congratulate them because if you look at the northern border, we have issues in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia---"
}