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    "id": 201125,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muite",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kibugi Muite",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if you look at Section 108 of the current Constitution, it provides for the appointment of members of the Kenya Police Force and has got very elaborate provisions about the discipline; who is holding what rank and how they can be disciplined and so on. I would like to urge the hon. Members that it would be dangerous now to allow individuals, who are not even trained as police officers, to enjoy ranks of senior police officers. That, really, is not the right way to go. The police force is anchored in Section 108 of the Constitution of Kenya. Let us not create a parallel police force. As of police stations, in fact, next to the headquarters of the KACC is the former Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters, which has got cells. We also have Kilimani and Nairobi Area police stations. We are not saying that they should not have police powers. They already have powers of police officers in the Act. Now, the Director of KACC even wants to acquire the status of the Commissioner of Police. This will bring confusion as hon. Marende was mentioning. We have seen the danger of attempting to run a parallel police force. That is what led to the appointment of the Artur Brothers as senior police commissioners. So, we are enhancing the provisions that His Excellency the President has recommended because he accepted the concerns of the Committee. That is why he has amended the section to take into account the concerns of this House. So, what we are doing is actually enhancing the spirit of what His Excellency the President has proposed in his amendment. We are tidying it up to ensure that there will be no conflict between the KACC and the police force. I beg to second."
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