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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": "expenditure to be extended for this Financial Year. It will cushion Kenyans. Kenyans are really suffering. You heard from the Question by the Member for Ugenya; they are not just issues of abuse of their human rights by the police. We have devoted adequate resources to ensure that the National Police Service (NPS), Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and other security agencies, including the National Intelligence Service (NIS) enforce curfew without harassing Kenyans. Last night, I received a phone call from a constituent who was complaining that he had given a bribe of Kshs10,000 at a police station to be released because he had been arrested for contravening the curfew. One, we have an obligation as Kenyans to stick to the law and the directives given by the Government. Two, we should not allow our police service to abuse the privileges and powers they have under the law to harass Kenyans. As earlier mentioned by Members, anybody arrested should be subjected to the rule of law and not kangaroo courts that are ongoing all over the country. Kenyans are suffering because of the rising cost of food and rent. Last night, I was analysing my phone and I realised that on average, I receive between 30 to 70 short messages, and over 100 on Whatsapp in a day especially towards the weekend of people asking for money for food and rent. Out of these cases, 80-90 per cent are very genuine people who have problems. In our report, we mentioned, and I hope this will be implemented by the National Treasury and other departments of Government that the Kshs10 billion allocated to the Social Protection Fund will go to cushion those vulnerable Kenyans. We must be careful not to just focus on the elderly because there is a new class of vulnerable people who, two months ago were employed and had secure sources of income but today, they have been laid off from their jobs. They are vulnerable and have no money for rent and food. Members of Parliament will tell you that these are the people who are sending them messages seeking assistance. We may not be in a position to help all the people who contact us. I have also been confronted by some interesting cases. Over the weekend, someone sent me a text at about 8.30 p.m., one-and-a-half-hours after the curfew and told me that he has no"
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