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    "id": 975157,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for bringing this statement to the Senate. Extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances have become a norm in this country. Whereas our Constitution has a Chapter on the Bill of Rights which is very elaborate and guarantees everybody the right to life, there is something wrong in the way we enforce the law. Extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances happen in the hands of the people who are supposed to enforce the law and protect our citizens. Secondly, crime and terrorism is there, but that is not a reason to harass and injure innocent Kenyan citizens. The police officers have no reason to shoot the people that they perceive as criminals without investigations. Police officers sometimes defend extra-judicial killings as acting in self-defence. However, what constitutes self-defence is debatable. Madam Temporary Speaker, a lot of crime is committed by our police officers in the name of fighting the Al-Shabaab. Security personnel such as officers attached to the 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."
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