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    "id": 1193063,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "to know that there is a third eye that is watching what the police is doing. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we have body cameras on the police, it would enhance the level of public confidence in our police service. I can give an example of this House. All that we say in Plenary and Committees is recorded in the HANSARD. The police service should have something similar to that instead of people just recording statements that are written by police. I do not believe any person writes a statement. People are only asked questions and the police write the statements. We should have the recordings of such when they are investigating matters or when dealing with people. Allow me to go back to what I said earlier on what the President went through before the elections. The Deputy President was embarrassed in front of his wife and children when the police broke into his house to arrest him. I urge Eng. Koome to ensure that this never happens to anyone; be it the President, the Deputy President, Senators, Members of the National Assembly, hustlers out there or to anyone else in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the police officers execute their mandate to protect the citizens of this country, they should always respect human dignity. I believe that Eng. Koome is going to transform the NPS. The police officers should stop harassing citizens, especially in the villages. You may think the days when the police officers were seen as enemy are gone, but they are not. Sometimes you see a police officers’ land cruiser passing in a village and young men and women run helter-skelter because they do not know what will happen next when it lands in their village. The Deputy President is on record stating that we want a culture whereby when you see a police land cruiser on the road going home when you have taken one or two drinks, instead of taking you to the police station, they take you home to your wife and children. That is the Kenya we want. That is the police force that we want. I support."
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