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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "subsequently booked into a police station and then the report gets hazy after that. The next thing we know, the young man is lying at a morgue. If there was ever a time that we needed to rise to the occasion as a House and ensure that we do justice for the people that we represent in this House, it is now. We have, therefore, made this request that you allow us break from the normal session where we will ask the Cabinet Secretary seated there to just respond to us. However, there are other people that we want to hear from, particularly the Chairperson of IPOA. There have been one too many deaths of civilians in the hands of police officers. Those circumstances have been documented here with Members raising statements with many such instances. What we want to hear from them is the report of how many people have so far been charged, why do investigations take so long and what are the challenges? Is there anything that we can do as a House? Is it a case of insufficient laws, since we are a law- making entity; that those who misuse their firearms are not charged? We would wish to understand that from the gentleman who is appearing before us on behalf of IPOA. We have the Chairperson of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). This is an entity created by a statute to handle issues of discipline, promotion and whatnot in the police service. There are many questions that arise in particular on the conduct of police officers. It will be important that the Senate, on behalf of the country, is made aware of how many such incidents have been reported and what the police service is doing about it. There are many things that this House has raised in the past on the conduct of police. We finally have the opportunity to get responses to the raised concerns this morning. More particularly, this death that has struck the conscience of the nation and brought everybody out and any Kenyan of goodwill, to want to know what really happened. As a last comment because I do not want to take time and we want to listen to the people that are appearing before us, yesterday, we were reminded that when we had the unfortunate demise of one of our colleagues, there was such serious attention to that particular matter. That almost on an hourly basis, we were being briefed as a country on what happened. The motorbike that followed him, the vehicle registration, the occupants and their details. It did not take more than 24 hours. As it is today, there is very little that we know. I think to the best of my knowledge, I have only seen the names of the officers who were on duty at the Central Police Station. Up to now, nobody knows the officers that picked young Albert Ojwang’ from Migori, how he was driven and what his status was when he arrived at Central Police Station. Those are things which, as a leader, you want to know, so that you begin to appreciate the things that are before us. It is important to also hear from the NPSC because there is a particular complex matter of the DIG. Mr. Eliud Lagat is a gentleman I know, a very diligent officer. However, he finds himself in a situation that I do not envy. When you are the deputy of an institution and you make a complaint, it is the right thing to do. When you feel your rights have been violated, you make a 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."
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