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    "id": 990877,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/990877/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
    },
    "content": "We saw a demonstration of people who took a body to Muthaiga Police Station and, instead of the police receiving the body, the mourners and the people who were there were teargassed. What is wrong if the Officer Commanding Police Division of Muthaiga Police Station allowed the people to go in and ask their representative what happened? They were teargassed and chased away. There is a lot that the police need to do. The Chair and his Committee need to move fast on that. There are a number of commissions like IPOA that have not performed to my satisfaction. We approved the men and women in IPOA. We did not approve them to be an appendix or part of the Government or to be part of the police. The National Police Service is an independent body. We did not approve them to be part of the Executive. The Inspector-General of Police is an independent office. It is not part of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. He is supposed to work with it, but not take orders from other people. Individuals who have been appointed to independent offices must give a verdict that can counter-check what the police say. The police cannot check themselves particularly on the death of this individual. I am sure Members will agree with me. We sit here to represent the people of Kenya. We do not sit here to represent anybody else. Every night you switch on a television, from Western to other parts of the country, there are people in one way or another who are brutalized. We saw a policeman who went to a couple’s one-bedroomed house and asked them why they were not wearing masks. He removed the wife and the child. We have seen that the cessation of movement pronounced by the President is not being enforced effectively and that is why COVID-19 is spreading. There is cessation of movement of people into and out of some particular counties, apart from the people who are offering essential services. Yet, there are some people who are still moving around. Why is this happening? It is because they are bribing the police. We need to look into this aspect. Finally, we need to find out why there is more brutality on innocent citizens of this country by the police."
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