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    "id": 1491163,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "the National Assembly, the misuse of police power cannot be meted on us. It can be. The Swahili people say “u kiona cha mwenzako chanyolewa, chako kitie maji. ” We will be the next victims. We must call out the police and tell them to stop bringing this country to shame. If we continue this way, you will find us being discussed adversely in international forums. We are a country that has passed a very progressive Constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, you midwifed the implementation of this Constitution. We must remind the police that this Constitution, which has a very progressive Bill of Rights, must be respected by everybody, including me, as a Senator, the police officer, a Cabinet Secretary and so forth. I am looking for an opportunity when we will bring the Inspector General (IG) of Police and DCI to the Floor of this House, so that they can explain to us whether that will be the norm. We will then know that our police officers cannot guarantee the security of Kenyans. How can we live in a country where each day you wake up and you are told people are being abducted? It is not right at all. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have not had the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for a long time. As I speak, I am told there are Kenyans again who will go to court and obtain an injunction against the selection panel that was meant to jump-start the selection of commissioners to the IEBC. We are daring fate. In my county of Nyamira, I have two wards that have been without the Member of County Assembly (MCA) for over six months now. Unfortunately, we lost one MCA of Nyamaya Ward through a road accident. I was there on Sunday being asked hard questions by the residents of Nyamaya Ward. They want to know when will they be allowed to elect their MCA? They do not have roads. There is no medicine in hospitals yet there is nobody to be asked these questions because they do not have an MCA. The same thing with my own ward, where I live in Nyansiongo. The election of the MCA was nullified. We are unable to conduct a by-election because we do not have IEBC. Kenyans have a right to file cases in court. We cannot stop them. However, let the courts hear these cases expeditiously so that if there are any issues, let them be resolved. If we need to begin all over, we do so. We fast-track the process, then we have the IEBC. As I speak, I was watching TV on issues around the impeachment of Gachagua that are featuring in court. The IEBC is being mentioned in one way or another. I appeal to the judiciary and we know we can never direct the judiciary to conduct their cases. However, we hope that those cases can be heard and concluded as soon as possible so that we make progress. In conclusion, as I support this Bill, I hope we will also introduce an amendment that can bind nominated MCAs to abide by the policies of their parties. That was a discussion we had during the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO). It is a discussion that has been with us for a while. You cannot be nominated, for example, by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), but you identify with the policies of United Democratic Alliance (UDA), with the hope that in the next election, you will be nominated by UDA. We should put a clause that if you are elected by ODM, then you should skip being nominated by another party in the subsequent election. You cannot cause The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
}