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    "id": 975100,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/975100/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "This has unfortunately gone on even long after the death of Robert Shaw. It is not Robert, but Patrick Shaw. Robert Shaw is a columnist in the newspapers. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the current Inspector General (IG) came to our Joint Committee with the National Assembly for vetting, I asked him a question about extrajudicial killings. He said, in his words: “That is going to be history. I am going to deal with it firmly and you will never hear of it anymore.” We are, in fact, hearing of it now more than ever before; young people are tormented and arrested. We have no difficulty in fighting crime. We have no difficulty in arresting people where they have transgressed the law. However, subject them to due process; take them to court. I remember three years ago when President Uhuru told the country that Kenya is now almost meeting its quarter of police to population ratio. That means that we have enough policemen and women to control crime, to the extent that you do not have to resort to brutal force and criminality in the name of fighting crime. The Constitution is very clear. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we enacted the 2010 Constitution, we changed the name of the police from a force to a service. The police used to be called a force, and they were notorious for brutal force. There was a squad that used to be called FFU or"
}