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    "id": 992772,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defense and Foreign Relations regarding the brutality meted out by police officers on residents of Bute in Wajir North and Biyamadow area of Wajir South on 5th and 7th May, 2020, respectively. In the Statement, the Committee should- (i) Explain why police officers used excessive force, including live bullets on peaceful demonstrations in Bute in Wajir North. They beat up a young man who was just walking around until he was hospitalized in Wajir South, in violation of the law. The live bullets used in Wajir North hit a young man, who is a student in Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. Right now, he is lying in the Coptic Hospital here in Nairobi with a fractured leg; (ii)state the actions taken by the National Police Service (NPS) and Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) against the police officers involved in the said brutality; (iii)explain the reasons for erection of four police barriers between Watiti and the other towns in Wajir North Constituency, a distance of 40 kilometers, and clarify whether the move is backed by law; and, (iv)state the measures put in place to bring to book police officers who have been extorting and demanding bribes from residents of Wajir North, particularly shopkeepers,"
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