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    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "that there are people who are letting him down. I believe that one Douglas Kanja will stand for the principles that the President upholds and ensure that forced disappearances in this country do not recur. Our Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs is asked to explain disappearances every day. For instance, the case of the MCA of Wajir or Mandera. This is a simple case but you can see the back and forth. The current Inspector-General of Police has been asked to explain certain things in court. However, he does not want to appear in court because he feels that he is above the law. I tell him that this Government does not entertain impunity. That Masengeli man must go to court and answer the charges that are put there. That is being a servant. You cannot be above the law. I think one Douglas Kanja will not at any one time purport to be above the law or exercise the impunity that we are seeing. Hon. Members, Kanja listened to all of us even when he served as the Deputy Inspector- General (DI-G). If you wanted something done, the only person you needed to talk to was Douglas Kanja Kirocho. You could call him at whatever time and he would pick your call. He would actually act on your request. That is one Douglas Kanja. I do not think he only did it for Members of Parliament. He also did it for other people without ranks in this country. Even the officers in the police service respect him. We need an officer who can be respected by his colleagues in the police service. One Douglas Kanja will bring honour, trust and respect to the police force. He also has one job he must do, which is to get rid of corruption at Vigilance House, the police force, and the National Police Service. He has that job cut out for him. I strongly believe that he will actually do it. Probably, the National Police Service will no longer be ranked the highest temple of corruption in this country. I believe and know that Douglas Kanja fears God. He is a religious man who is properly schooled in Christianity. He is properly grounded. I know that. I have seen him practice it and I know that we have a person that will transform the National Police Service. I have heard what the senior counsel, Hon. Otiende Amollo, has said. I have not heard him in this Parliament say the kind of platitudes he has said about an officer. In fact, I was surprised that one, Otiende Amollo, actually said such things today. It means we have the right man for this service. I do not think it is broad-based. It is because it has come from his heart and his experience with Douglas Kanja. I know Hon. Rozaah Buyu really wants to speak on this. However, I want to tell her that we have a good man we have to approve for this job. I urge all Members of Parliament to come here in numbers and vote for the right man for the job. I mean a man who will not perpetuate impunity or do things that an Inspector-General should not do. We have one man who is Douglas Kanja Kirocho for the job. I support and request all other Hon. Members to support. Thank you very much."
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