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    "id": 1193068,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the appointment of Inspector Koome as the IG. He is not somebody I know. However, we trust that his appointment and his vetting is bringing in a professional who will bring change to the NPS. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was very deliberate that Kenyans decided to change the name of the NPS from the Kenya Police Force. That was agreed upon by Kenyans during the discussions of the constitutional review process. That change was deliberate because of the reputation that the police service has had in this country. Whereas the police have made notable steps forward, we are still in a bad place in terms of the kind of services that we have received from them. I believe it is not so much the police officers as individuals, but the kind of leadership that we have had. I urge him to be that leader that will help Kenyans to achieve the kind of police service that they wanted from a force to a service. I would like the police service to move from a force that has criminalised poverty where people are picked willy-nilly in the informal settlements like Mathare, Kibera and many other places in this country. There are people who are arrested simply because they are poor. They do not have anybody to speak for them. I hope the IG will be the IG for the all people of Kenya and that he will serve them equally. I trust that he will respect his constitutional responsibility and respect human rights. I hope he will give his officers the highest training in order for them to respect human life and human dignity. I hope that the IG will serve all Kenyans regardless of the position they hold, the political side they belong to or who they are. It is my hope that the IG will serve Kenyans in a way that we will all embrace our police officers as part of our nation and part of service providers. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope he will be the kind of IG who will also respect the human rights of the police officers themselves. I believe our police force has reached that level where they want to earn their living from the day today interaction with their fellow human beings. We need to treat them with dignity that they deserve."
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