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    "id": 975158,
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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": "Anti-Terrorism Unit, military unit and many others are responsible for the enforced disappearance. I hope that the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights will go to the bottom of this issue and get solutions to extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances. The people who are supposed to safeguard Kenyans are making us insecure. It has been argued that the welfare of police officers is not well catered for, but it is not the mistake of the people who end up as victims of extra-judicial killings. I agree that the welfare of police officers needs to be looked into, but that is not a guarantee for them to do extra-judicial killings. Northern Kenya as well as many other parts of Kenya have a bad experience with the security personnel in the name of fighting terror. The independence of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) that is supposed to be investigating such incidences is not guaranteed. The victims of extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances are at the mercy of police officers to investigate whatever crime is committed by fellow police officers. Madam Temporary Speaker, the interim report by the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights signals some light at the end of the tunnel. As the Committee will be going around the country, I urge them to sample counties in every region so as to get conclusive solutions on how to deal with the menace of extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances. I salute the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights and his Committee. I appeal to the security agents who are in charge of the security operations of this country to be mindful of the lives of Kenyans. The police officers should not be shooting people aimlessly as was the case at the Mama Lucy Hospital. We should not condone trigger-happy police officers. The report by the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) made recommendations on the issue of extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances, but it is yet to be implemented. We demand for the implementation of the TJRC report. We have our priorities wrong as a country. We are currently busy discussing the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, but it will not solve all our problems. Extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances need to be solved by the institutions that are mandated to solve them. The amount of time that we are spending on the BBI report should be cut down so that we deal with serious issues that are facing this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you."
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