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    "id": 196939,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order to seek for two Ministerial Statements. First, I would like the Minister for Education to issue a Ministerial Statement regarding the position of the Vice-Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), whose contract ended some time last year. However, he is still in the office. The position was advertised. The deadline for those interested to submit their applications was last Thursday. So far, no short-listing or interviews have been conducted. Yet today, the outgoing Vice-Chancellor is supposed to have been re-appointed; without interviews or 374 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 25, 2008 short-listing. So, I want the Minister to give us a clarification on that appointment. ROLE OF POLICE IN NATIONAL HEALING AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS Mr. Speaker, Sir, my second Ministerial Statement is in connection with national healing and reconciliation, following what happened in this country since late December, 2007. I want the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and National Security to tell us how he is preparing the police to help us in the national healing and reconciliation process. As we know, several police officers were partisan when we had this crisis. So many of them shot and injured citizens of this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am seeking clarification because some of them are still treating Kenyans awkwardly. They are treating Kenyans with a lot of suspicion. Some of them are still mishandling and torturing Kenyans. So, how is the Minister preparing police officers to help us in the process? A lot lies with them. If, for instance---"
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