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    "id": 1483851,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1483851/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate and congratulate you for that Communication. My contribution is in two parts. I request governors to realise that devolution did not just happen in this country. Men and women of this Republic made sacrifices, people lost their limbs, properties and lives. My second comment is that, whereas I agree with you on the how, I want to draw your attention to Article 245 of the Constitution of Kenya, which establishes the National Police Service. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this article, there is part four, which says that the Cabinet Secretary responsible for police services may lawfully give a direction to the Inspector General (IG) with respect to any matter of policy for the national state, but no person may give direction to the IG in respect of investigation and enforcement matters. I was thinking that we should have taken the right route; by asking the Cabinet Secretary to do what the Constitution gives him in the section that I have read. Failure to that, we shall have contravened sub-section four, which does not allow any other person other than the Cabinet Secretary. I support your communication."
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