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    "id": 1122127,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is so difficult to work when a particular department is least financed. It will be difficult to implement most of the things, for example, investigations which take many years to see the light of the day. So, I appreciate that one of the recommendation is budgetary adjustments, so that this department gets money to speed up their work. You have currently seen that most of the police have turned against themselves. They are killing one another through love triangles, corruption issues and suspicion. I recommend that they update their in-service trainings to international standards. The in- service trainings that are taking place in this country among the police are outdated. They are still operating under the police force curriculum. I recommend setting of a body to investigate the in-service training programmes that police officers go through. Otherwise, there is a challenge in their behavior and professional practices that calls upon investigations on their training and in-service programmes. It should be enriched and improved. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, most of the countries have moved away from training to education. Police officers are given a wider educational programme that will enable them to get more skills and knowledge on human rights, law and other things that will support them to work effectively. I have read most of these recommendations. It is important to implement the ones on policy, legislation and day to day work of police. This is an important report. I pray that we will take it seriously. We should come up with the Committee on Implementation that we have been asking for. Most of the important recommendations that we come up with can be used to improve policies in various departments in our country. However, they are still gathering dust in shelves. Therefore, it is my prayer that we speed up and come up with the Committee on Implementation so that it will act and follow up on the recommendations that we make and see to it that they are implemented to the letter. I call upon the House to come up with that Committee as soon as possible so that these important recommendations that we have been making are implemented to assist Kenyans. I continue to condemn police brutality, extrajudicial killings and the many heinous things that they are doing. I call upon them to act and protect human lives instead of becoming a risk to our society. I support this report. It is my prayer that it is implemented to the letter because it will be a game changer in the country."
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