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    "id": 991801,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/991801/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Madzayo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 679,
        "legal_name": "Stewart Mwachiru Shadrack Madzayo",
        "slug": "stewart-mwachiru-shadrack-madzayo"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, much obliged. Last year, in 2019, the late Margaret was defiled by unknown persons. The investigations were conducted and some suspects arrested. They were taken to court and charged, and the matter was coming up for hearing. On the evening of 4th February, 2020, the late Margaret, in the company of her mother, went to Bamba Police Station to meet with a police officer concerned with investigations in the matter that was coming up on the 5th. They wanted to ask for a lift as they could not afford the fare to travel to Kilifi Law Courts, which is approximately about 50 kilometers away. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was unfortunate that to the surprise of everyone in the company of her mother, the police directed that the girl stays back in the cell and the mother goes home together with her relatives. They complained about that because they did not know the reason the girl should stay behind. As the police had already ordered them to leave the station, the poor mother had to leave. At around 8.00 p.m. the same evening, the mother was contacted through the neighbours and told that her daughter Margaret had died in that police cell. Family and friends quickly rushed to the police station. Upon arrival, there was a police van carrying the body of Margaret and it was leaving for Kilifi County Hospital Mortuary. The relatives attempted to stop the vehicle, but they could not. They had carried the body and"
}