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    "id": 1471465,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "When they gave summons to Mr. Jimmy Wanjigi to appear at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), he walked there yesterday. That is how we should be; proud as a nation and then we can say we have a police. I am the one who defended Hon. Keter. He was arrested. The Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) published his name on the run-up to elections, and said, this is the big fish that we got. I did that case for him in Naivasha and he was acquitted. However, before he was acquitted, he was in police detention for two nights, before he was charged in Naivasha. We do not want this kind of police being used to do malicious prosecution. I am sure even Sen. Cherarkey, in the fullness of time, will be a free citizen. So, we want our police service to fight crime. Look at the corruption. Sen. Cheruiyot, every weekend I drive from Nairobi to Nyamira. On the road, the police officers have put up toll stations, collecting money from Kenyans who are honestly trying to make a living from doing matatu business. It is not right. When Kenyans enacted this Constitution, they put in Article 244 that the police should prevent corruption. So, if this guy can change that image, then we can be proud as a country. So, he should take office knowing that two of his predecessors resigned from office. The first Inspector-General, Mr. Kimayo, was forced out of office and Mr. Koome resigned from office. We do not want that demon to follow him. Let him serve Kenyans, respect the Constitution, respect human rights and leave a mark. That is the only time we will all say, as Kenyans, we passed a Constitution that put in place a police service that is there to serve Kenyans. I support his nomination and I thank you."
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