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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Report and appreciate the Committee for interviewing that person. Indeed, we appreciate he comes with a lot of experience from the different fields and sectors we have in this country. If you look at the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of one Edwin Kiprono Chelugut, you will appreciate as he comes into the National Police Service Commission. First, he is bringing experience of being in the legislature because he was the Speaker of Nandi County. He also brings the experience of a lawyer and Member of a Board that deals with national matters. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as he goes into that Commission today, you will realise there are very many challenges that are facing that sector. I wish and pray that, as he goes in, he will bring recommendations on how to seriously deal with promotions and not just for the police in blue, but even the General Service Unit (GSU) who joined them and formed one team. This is one of the issues that, when you meet many of our police officers, they cry about. He also needs to sort out the issue of police officers who joined other departments and are unable to be part of the Commission so that they can be remunerated the way others are. Being a lawyer, he needs to assist the Commission. I know they have legal advisors and others but while sitting in the Commission, he will look at the law from a different angle and advise all the oversight bodies that are looking at the police issues. Today, when I look at a police officer when he wakes up in the morning, this could be your son, daughter, brother or sister and the challenges they face need to be settled. I know the Government promised them good remuneration and many other things. It is important for us to appreciate the services they offer in this country. If we want to have a good team, we must take care of their welfare. If we do not, we will keep crying about how corrupt they are and many other things. Even if it is the blue uniform, it should be standardised and made in a better way. This can be done by the National Youth Service (NYS) or Export Processing Zone (EPZ). It should be something neat, so that when we look at them, we admire it the way we admire our Serjeant-at-Arms in this House. This is unfortunate. As the Commission sits, it should think of how it can re-train them. Today, we have a very different society and the training should be with the understanding that society has The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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