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    "id": 1226735,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": "I hope my time was not running out. In terms of the command of the police, this is what Article 245(2)(b) says: “(2) The Inspector-General— (b) shall exercise independent command over the National Police Service, and perform any other functions prescribed by national legislation.” I do not want to take a political or partisan side over this matter. This is important to me. I am bothered when every time there is a demonstration announced by any group, the police go and surround a place like Kibra beforehand. I want to request you, Members, that those are the people in Kenya who are living from hand to mouth. What do you want those people to do when they wake up planning to go and fend for themselves and you have barricaded all roads? How do they take their children to school? How do they live with their families with those teargas we throw there? The struggle we are having is which side should be supporting the police, Hon. Owen Baya. It is not our duty. It should be independent. What was that Maseno University boy carrying? Was he armed or what was there? I request that we talk as leaders. The problem we are dealing with is caused by this Parliament. That is why I am saying we need to reflect. Members, let us reflect how electoral commissions are established across the world and question whether this model is working. Ask yourselves what happened in 1997 under the IPPG. What elections did it give us? What election did it give us in 2002? What was the referendum in 2005? What happened when President Kibaki, relying on the law as we are seeking to do now, created a commission unilaterally?"
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