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    "id": 1472868,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I join my colleagues in supporting the Committee’s Report on the nomination of Mr. Douglas Kanja Kirocho. This is a rare occasion where a career officer is being supported across the political divide. It is quite shocking that a police officer is receiving overwhelming support by Members of this House from both sides of the aisle. There is one issue that people raised upon the nomination of Mr. Kanja for appointment as the Inspector-General of Police. That is the issue of age. Before we get to the issue of age, I do not think the National Police Service Commission and, indeed, the appointing authority, could get a better person to serve in this capacity. Mr. Kanja is a career police officer who has risen through the ranks from a police constable. He has actually done nothing else in his life other than police work. This is a person who has served this country with no single disciplinary case. That is quite uncommon for a police officer. You will agree with me that Mr. Kanja joined the Service at a time when we had a Police Force, and not the Police Service. During that time, police officers had the temptation to use force. They had power to arrest and put you in remand for merely having a black or big nose. They would ask for an Identification Card (ID) and when you provide it, they would again ask for a kitambulisho. This was because of the old culture of the Police Force. That police officer has been in service without a single complaint from any member of the public in 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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