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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to thank Sen. Were for bringing that Statement. We are all concerned with the police brutality in terms of dealing with the curfew and the rent seeking that is ongoing. The other day, someone from Eastleigh came to my office and I asked him how he got out. He said that it is only Kshs50. If you give Kshs50 you can get out, so are we creating avenues for rent seeking and yet the President of this country was very categorical that we need to stop corruption for us to have meaningful development in this country? Police are taking advantage of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown and other issues and using it to rent seek. Madam Temporary Speaker, these issues must be dealt with decisively, otherwise, the people who are supposed to take care of the good laws that we make are the same guys who are breaking the law. This should not be allowed. I think that these issues need to be looked at in Wajir, and also extended to other counties, because there are a lot of problems around rent seeking by using the curfew and whether someone does not have a mask. The right procedures should be followed and people should be punished appropriately. This pandemic should not be used as a rent seeking avenue. Everybody is struggling. People have lost employment, people are even struggling to meet their basic needs, and the people who are supposed to be protectors of others are the ones who are taking advantage of these people. I think that this is an issue that we really need to tackle. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."
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