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    "id": 1237444,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Commission serves to oversee the work of those forces and servicemen. That is why it is important that as we discuss and seek the approval of Mr. Edwin Kiprono Cheluget as a member of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), to ensure that we protect our police officers. As I said at the start of my contribution, our police officers are often more vilified than appreciated. Even in situations like the one that we saw yesterday, it is about vilifying that officer who is only carrying out his work in line with his constitutional mandate and what he has been charged to do to enforce court orders. I know we are coming from a past where court orders were meaningless, and where it was the rule of men rather than the rule of law that held sway. We must ensure that, not just Mr. Kiprono Cheluget, but the Commission as a whole, empowers our policemen to enforce the rule of law. Whether it is in Ruaraka Constituency, Kikuyu, or Kileleshwa, the police must be there to ensure that citizens live peaceably within their neighbourhoods."
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