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    "id": 980186,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very important issue that has been brought to this House by Sen. Sakaja. For those of us who grew up in this city, this is a very common occurrence. Unfortunately, we have come to accept it as the reality of life for those that live in many of Nairobi City County’s informal settlements. It will be really unfortunate that God has given us – people like Sen. Sakaja and many others – an opportunity to sit in positions of authority and allow the same to continue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I listened to Sen. Sakaja prosecute this point and then list the many young people whose lives and dreams have been cut short. This is all because of trigger-happy policemen who do not care about the lives of young people and the games that the NPS continue to play. What normally happens after they execute these young people is to transfer them within this city. This culture has become part and parcel of our Police Service that there are those who even who are now taking pride in being know to kill young people. They even go ahead as far as creating social media pages. They refer to themselves as Hessy Wa Dandora and Hessy Wa Kayole. Their responsibility is just to kill young people and ensure that the judicial system is shortchanged and young people are killed. Sen. Sakaja has requested for a Statement. However, this is one of those instances that a Cabinet Secretary (CS) coming to give us an answer is not enough. You would have set up a select Committee of Senators to go round this city and collect all the data, document the young people that have been killed, profile the police officers responsible and demand for justice. That is a proposal I want you to consider and take seriously. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if a young man can leave the United Kingdom (UK) just to visit home and simply because they live in Kibera, they are not assured of a return to their university; they are killed in this slum. What message are we sending to the world? Even worse, 18 months down the line, the IG of Police has never issued even a summon to the Officer Commanding Division (OCPD) that division. That tells you that this is a systemic problem that a simple answer to this House cannot treat. We must be able to sit, do a report and indict those that will be found responsible."
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