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    "id": 1472824,
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    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Committee for the Report. At the outset, I confirm that I have read the Report. I have read their recommendations for approval of the nominee and I support that proposal. However, at the outset, I would like to point out two things. First, the Chairperson of the Committee has said that in their opinion, it is not open to subject such matters to merit and fair competition. That is against the Constitution. Every provision should be subjected to merit and fair competition, but that is not an indictment of the nominee. That is an issue of the nominating authority and so, it cannot be held against the nominee. Secondly, in seconding the Motion, the Vice-Chairperson used the term “police force”. We no longer have a police force. We have a police service and that is where our problems begin. As nominees are subjected to this House's approval, they must understand that they will be running a police service and not a police force. I support that nominee’s appointment because he will be the 6th Inspector-General since 2012, but if you start from 1964, he would be the 16th because there were 10 other Inspector- Generals before that. I have looked keenly at the curriculum vitae (CV) of the nominee. The nominee is being appointed as the Inspector-General at a very difficult time when the police service is under a microscope for various reasons. One reason is because of impunity. It is a time when the Acting Inspector-General is demonstrating absolute impunity against the courts. The acting Inspector-General is demonstrating impunity by withdrawing the bodyguards of a judge because of orders that they perceive to be adverse. That is absolute impunity. Hon. Chairman, it is also at a time when there are unexplained disappearances and abductions. Just this morning, the Chairperson of the Committee committed to issue a statement tomorrow. There are many instances of unexplained disappearances and abductions. Hon. Chairman, his appointment is also coming at a time when there have been questions of how the police handle lawful…"
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