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    "id": 1067915,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, this Bill is very important as I had earlier stated. Members have contributed to this Bill and have given their views. This is the best way to make a Constitution; allowing everyone to speak their mind on behalf of the Kenyans they represent. I have heard Members raise a few issues. Some have said that this Bill is clawing back on the gains that we have made in the 2010 Constitution. Some of the issues raised are abolishing the National Police Service and giving powers to the Inspector-General of Police. I want to jog the memory of this House for those of us who were here during the 11th Parliament, under the leadership of the former Majority Leader, Hon. Aden Duale. The 2010 Constitution envisaged an independent Inspector-General of Police. It says there shall be an independent IG. The same former Leader of the Majority Party brought an amendment Bill that removed the powers of the independence of the IG. The Constitution envisaged that there will be an advertisement when the IG is supposed to be appointed and Kenyans will apply. Then there will be vetting and the name will be submitted to the President, who will then bring it back to Parliament. Hon Duale, with one fiat, changed all that. The Members who are complaining here had supported that Bill then."
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