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    "id": 990893,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Chairmanship comes with responsibility. I cannot agree more with Members. More importantly, I would like to remind the Chairperson that he represents us. There is no way you can go to bed with those people. Every Kenyan knows that police brutality in this country is at its peak. It is very annoying when a policeman stops your car and asks you why you are not wearing a mask and yet, you are alone in the car. We have seen people maimed. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party that IPOA is dead, and the Inspector-General of Police is not even independent. He thinks that the Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Matiang’i is his boss. He should stand up and work for his office. He should realise that he is independent. Regular checks on the state of minds of members of the police fraternity must be undertaken because some of them must be mad and are still in the National Police Service. We must address this issue very seriously. Yesterday, I saw people of Kariobangi being beaten like they are not Kenyans. We are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic but, it is as if we are promoting it. There is no way you can tell me that the people of Kariobangi North have not spread the COVID- 19 amongst themselves because social distancing and other preventive measures were not adhered to. We should, by all means, protect Kenyans from police brutality. Thank you."
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