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    "id": 1001889,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I am one person, I think with Hon. Amos Kimunya, who participated in the creation of these commissions in the 10th Parliament. There was a specific reason and I am sure the framers of the Constitution felt that these are independent commissions and they had specific functions. But let me come to the IPOA. The first Chair was Mr. Njeru, who is now a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). I was in the 11th Parliament with many of the Members here where he profiled that Commission. He profiled it yet it used to protect the citizens against selective abuses of the police. Not all members of the National Police Service are bad, but there a few who abuse their UtumishiKwa Wote Motto. The IPOA was created to deal with such rogue officers. Since the beginning of the 12th Parliament, IPOA has been moribund. In fact, the committee that oversees this Authority must ask why we should give them money. They are supposed to be independent. They are only answerable through their annual or quarterly reports to this House. I really agree with Hon. Amos Kimunya that going forward, this House has an obligation to ensure that we oversee every penny that we appropriate for commissions, just the way we oversee ministries and other Government agencies. The IPOA, the Commission on Administrative Justice, the Ombudsman, the National Gender and Equality Commission and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), among other public independent institutions, must be subjected to oversight. What Hon. Ouda said is true. We want to see IPOA officials in every village and wherever there are police excesses. I am sure that the Chair of IPOA, Madam Makori, is listening to me. It will not be business as usual. You and your commissioners must live up to the tenets of IPOA."
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