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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Report. As I contribute to this Report, I contribute with a heavy heart because we are discussing a Kenyan who has done a lot for this country especially in his profession. We are discussing him here in Parliament in his twilight years because age and health have caught up with him. That is why I say I am discussing this with a very heavy heart. It would have been prudent for this senior citizen of this country to have been consulted properly and, at least, told to resign instead of subjecting him to a tribunal at his age. When we subject him to the same, maybe we are even reducing his days of staying in this world because of going to report to the tribunal and other things. I appreciate that the NPSC has to continue with its work. It is unfortunate, as information has come out, that this Commission has had its share of problems like losing commissioners and here we have another Commissioner who is almost incapacitated. It means that probably they have not done what they should have done. Whereas we know that it is a constitutional provision which has to be fulfilled within certain timeframe, because we have had these lapses and unfortunate occurrences, I know the NPSC has not lived to its mandate. Secondly, I strongly feel that the mandate that the NPSC was created for should be accomplished. It has to be accomplished within the constitutional framework. It is unfortunate now that we have other issues which have come in. Therefore, I shyly support the Committee’s recommendation that Maj. (Rtd.) Shadrack Muiu be given a chance to retire but I strongly feel that this old man should not be subjected to a tribunal. I wish there could be a way of getting him wherever he is if he is at home or in the hospital through the doctors to be requested to resign or retire honourably and get his benefits so that, at least, he can feel recognised. His history has been read by those who know him very well, especially Hon. Nyenze and Hon. Kisoi. What we are reading here is that in his heydays, he was a man the country was proud of. He was a man the country was relying on. He was a man who did a lot to the Administration Police. I understand the framework which runs this department of the disciplined forces was his brainchild. He was, therefore, an asset to this nation and in his twilight days he should not be subjected to tribunals and other things. I believe even the Members of his family could be listening to what we are saying here. They have been listening to what we are saying about their father and grandfather. They are worried why we are discussing the old man because of his ill health. We all pray we get to that age but we also pray that we will die when we are not very sick, weak or unable to perform our duties. As much as Hon. Kamama’s Committee recommended that a tribunal be formed because that is the constitutional way of handling this matter, I personally feel that other avenues should be sought to request Maj. (Rtd.) Shadrack Muiu to voluntarily retire or resign; or a framework is done to have him go and rest in his home with medication in peace. However, let him get something to keep him going like medical insurance scheme if he does not have one. Something can be done for him so that he spends his remaining days on this earth comfortably and not to subject him to a tribunal. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Report but I do not support the tribunal way of handling the issue of this old man. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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