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"speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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"content": "Most of the time when we talk about extra-judicial executions, it happens mostly among the poor. Such things mostly happen in slum areas like Majengo, Mukuru kwa Njenga and Kibra. However, there is also need to realize that when one is poor, it does not criminalize them. The fact that one comes from a poor background does not necessarily mean that whatever they do is not proper. For instance, if the youth are eking out a living and bringing food on the table, they should be supported. There is need for the police to be very cautious before they get trigger happy. This is because when they kill, there are so many people who are aggrieved, especially mothers. Madam Temporary Speaker, as a mother, you carry a child for nine months. You take care of that child up to the age when the child can stand on their own. Therefore, it is really painful for mothers when life is just taken away like that. In fact, when there are extra-judicial killings that are not justifiable, the person who really feels the pinch is the mother,because they took care of those children up to that time. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was just talking to Sen. Wetangula, who told me of a friend of his, who he visited in Majengo. When he reached there, he found a mother saying that her two sons had just been castrated. They were castrated for what? It is very bad and heartless for someone to do that to someone’s child without a reason. That is someone who has no feeling at all, and is very callous. Madam Temporary Speaker, I read in the media about two young men in Mathare – Bernard Odoyo and Victor Okoth – who were just killed when they had alighted from a matatu. May their souls rest in peace wherever they are. There was no justifiable reason why the two of them were killed. They were just suspected of being thugs, and they just died like that. I also want to remember a Good Samaritan who was murdered at Mama Lucy Hospital. May his soul rest in peace. It is an irony of ironies that a good act can lead to someone being killed. That young man was doing a noble job of taking a child to hospital, but he was killed for no good reason. There is need for investigations to be done. If the police officers have to kill anyone, let it be “legal”. Even the police officers themselves go through difficult moments because there are instances when they are cornered by thugs. We have had policemen being killed in their houses, especially when the Government decided that they should not stay in the camps, but with the civilians. There is need to consider the security of the police officers. They should even go back to the camps because there is security. When they are in the camps, they should be catered for. This is because they have feelings because they are human beings. There is need for us Kenyans to strike a balance, so that it is a win-win situation for our police officers and our children. Children should not be killed for no reason. As I support, I congratulate Sen. Cherargei for coming up with this Statement. A lot of interrogation needs to be done, so that the right thing is done legally. Before I forget, constitutionally, the State should provide security even for families and people who cannot provide security for their loved ones and families. Article 43(1)(e) speaks on that. There is need for the State to provide security, so that we live in a country where we feel we are secure psychologically and in all ways. If our children live in fear, they will not be productive in this country. 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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