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    "id": 1193132,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "our judicial administration processes so that they are able to expedite cases and those that are found to be guilty are taken to jail. However, we cannot continue to live in a country were extra judicial killing is official Government policy. That is unfortunate. It is a dark part of our country but we do not want to go back there. It is unfortunate, if you read the testimonies and the stories we are hearing about the squad that has been disbanded, and stories as horrible as the fact that some of these officers had containers inside police station where they used to shoot their victims. That was because it had been considered to be official Government policy. I stand with those who are saying that the only way to bring closure to the families that have lost their sons through extra judicial killings is to arrest those that were found to be responsible. They should be taken to a competent court of law where they would be charged with the right evidence. This is so that, for once and for all, it shall never be that when citizens give you the trust to be a police officer, you use that trust, betray them and begin to kill people’s children. That cannot be allowed. I laud the further proposal that has been made in furtherance of Article 249 of our Constitution to allow the police have their financial independence. As they say, ‘he who pays the piper calls the tune.’ So long as the IG continues to return to the Office of the President and request for money for basic things such as food, uniforms and salary increments, then, it would be difficult for them to exercise independent authority. Those are the exact wordings in our Constitution on the police service. We appreciate the fact that the new administration has made a commitment that the NPS will have an accounting officer of their own. This will enable them to run their own budget and ensure we have a professional outfit that respects the rights of Kenya, brings law and order enforcement to the level that Kenyans desired whey they passed this Constitution. Therefore, I congratulate the Committee. Godspeed to Eng. Japheth Koome. I wish him well in his duty and hope that he gives us the police service that we desire. I thank you."
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