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    "id": 994093,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "We saw Sen. Olekina sitting with wazees and the Right hon. former Prime Minister and they resolved it. Sen. Kihika has children and Sen. Seneta has a family. There are better ways to do this. We can instil discipline, but in a better way. In fact, in Africa, our form of justice is restorative and not retributive because you will still need a relationship tomorrow. Anyway, that is for those in charge. The NTSA has intervened and should continue to do so to ensure that during the period of restriction of movement in and out of various counties, the matatus affected by the restrictions, can ply alternative routes to avoid redundancies. There are matatus that operate in Nyeri, Kajiado or Nakuru counties, but are stuck in Nairobi City County and vice versa. Since they cannot ply their old routes, we have agreed with NTSA that during this time, they be allowed to use other routes. This is in consultation with Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) that already exist because of the competition. We also need to care about them because as it is, their capacity is half. Two, I pushed this completely with the CS and the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NPS) that those seasonal tickets be suspended for now. Charging a fee of Kshs8,500, Kshs3,500 or Kshs5,500 for a 33 seater is too much for these people. They are already carrying half and we do not want them to pass on that cost to mwananchi. I hope they can do the same in these big cities like Mombasa and Nakuru. That is something I am following up with the CS so that our matatus can still operate. Let us cushion the drivers, touts and the owners of these matatus. Many of these vehicles are actually on loan. Many Uber drivers are having their vehicles auctioned. The situation is dire, but small reliefs can help them. Madam Temporary Speaker, NTSA must extend the validity of annual licenses for an additional one year since the application for digital licenses requires physical appearance for purposes of biometrics, which is currently restricted due to the measures put in place. The IPOA must move with speed to ensure police officers found to have used excessive force on citizens while enforcing various measures are prosecuted. We have asked the IPOA to submit a report to the Senate by 15th June, 2020 indicating the police officers who have been prosecuted, the action taken against them and the charges preferred against them. The other day I came here very sad. A young man aged 13 years old, Yassin Moyo, was shot dead in Kiamaiko during the curfew. We have also seen deaths in other parts of the country. That police officer should be prosecuted. I do not know if Sen. Faki or Sen. Kihika can represent me that we take them to court. The child was on the balcony. The officers, in their defence said that wananchi were harassing, stoning and throwing water at them. I took the Inspector-General (IG) of police’s Head of Liaison Officer and an officer from NTSA and went to Kiamaiko. When we reached there, we found the father crying and the mother was distraught. She said that when the officers shot the child on the balcony, the boy told her: “Mother, I think I have been shot.” The mother told him: “ Wewe huwa na mchezo sana. Umepigwa risasi namna gani?” The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}