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    "id": 1121136,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "there is no clear guideline on how victims who are supposed to receive compensation under the Victim Protection Act should get their compensation. We recommend that action should be taken by the Attorney-General in collaboration with the CS for National Treasury and Planning, and that this should be done within six months. To ensure that our recommendation is not in vain, we recommend that the Office of the Attorney-General and the CS for National Treasury and Planning should file a status report on compliance with this recommendation within three months. Madam Deputy Speaker, that marks the end of the Committee’s proposals on legislative action. On policy, we have made a number of recommendations. The first one is that the National Security Council (NSC) should develop a national security policy. This is because in the course of our hearings with all these public bodies, it came to our attention that this country does not have a national security policy in place. This is a very big gap. Here, we have put this obligation under the offices of the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government. Madam Deputy Speaker, we propose that this should be done within a period of 12 months. To ensure that this recommendation is not lost, we recommend that the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government file a status report to Parliament within three months. Another policy proposal is that IPOA, in coordination with the Office of the Attorney-General, should develop a national policy on the policing oversight. This is because when you look at the challenges that have been identified by IPOA, which largely has been doing a good job, they do not have a very good policy in place on how they should undertake their oversight over the police force. We have placed this obligation under the office of the Chairperson of IPOA. The period within which they should act is 12 months. They should also ensure that the House is kept updated on what is happening with these recommendations. They Chairperson of IPOA should file a status report to this House within three months. Madam Deputy Speaker, finally, we have made a number of administrative recommendations. I am happy that the former Attorney General who is very experienced in human rights is in the House. The first one is that the Office of the Attorney General should initiate the establishment of a multiagency task force comprising of representatives from the NPS, the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), IPOA, the office of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and the National Council on Administration of Justice (NCAJ) to ensure that. This is to ensure that there is better coordination between the various agencies responsible for addressing extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Madam Deputy Speaker, the reasoning behind this is that we need synergy and cooperation amongst all these agencies. Cases dealing with extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and compensation for victims can be processed in a timeous manner. This action should be undertaken by the Office of the Attorney General. We gave him a timeline of two months. He is to file a status report to the Senate within three months. The second administrative action recommended is that the Office of the Attorney General, in consultation with the CS for National Treasury and Planning, should"
}