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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very important issue that Sen Cherargei is bringing to the attention of the House by way of Statement. The identification of a police officer is not only by uniform. I would wish that Sen. Cherargei had included in his Statement, which I want to request that it be added as a further issue to be discussed in that Statement by the Committee that will handle this matter. How do you identify a police officer, yet it has become the culture and behaviour of our police officers not to show their identification nowadays? Mr. Speaker, Sir, back in the days, and I know you know very well, having worked with them in your previous career, it was mandatory for police officers to display their force number. Nowadays, as you rise in rank, you prominently display your name and rank. That culture seems to be disappearing yet it played a very important role. This is because we know and we have seen people pretending to be police officers or police officers themselves, by virtue of the fact that they had police uniforms, were able to get away with criminal activities or do things that are unconstitutional. Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, it is important that when a response is brought to this House, we are told, in this new phase and the new identification practices that are being introduced in the police service, what is the Inspector-General doing to ensure that citizens can easily identify the police officers that are attending to them either by way of arrest or providing police services to them including the officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) unit who are known to walk in civilian clothes? We have seen in the recent cases where citizens are being arrested by people and you are told, “I am a DCI officer”, and that is supposed to be sufficient explanation. They do not display their identification. This is an issue that I feel citizens of this country are concerned about. When a response comes to this House, it needs to be properly explained, how do you identify and what is the modus operandi of an arresting officer who is not dressed in police uniform? Thank you."
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