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"content": "number of these recommendations. For instance, the three new police related legislations have been enacted and 7,000 additional police officers have been recruited under the new police recruitment criteria under a procedure that allows greater participation and accountability to the public. These officers have been trained under the new police training curriculum. Retraining of serving police officers has also been ongoing. On housing, the Government has so far completed a number of stalled police housing projects and acquired new ones increasing the units to 6,833 for the Kenya Police and 4,830 for the Administration Police among other strides intended to improve the working conditions of the police. Despite these achievements, the National Police Service has, in the recent past, appeared as though it is not committed at all to the reforms. This, of course, has been triggered by some incidences reported in different parts of the country. In this respect, I wish to comment on a few of these incidences. The first one has to do with the incidence that took place in Kerita in Trans Nzoia. On the 5th of April, 2012, one of our television stations aired an act of torture alleged to have been committed by a police officer in Turkana. The Commissioner of Police commenced investigations immediately and, indeed, it was confirmed that the incident had occurred in Kerita GSU Camp, Trans Nzoia County, in February, 2009. On this case, I wish to confirm that investigations are now almost complete after my insistence that investigations be carried out. The file will, therefore, soon be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in due course for further action. The other incidence of great concern is the Limuru II (B). On 18th April, 2012, police officers dispersed gangs of rowdy youths who had turned up to attend a conference at Jumuiya Hotel in Limuru which had been cancelled due to security considerations. This meeting was cancelled after intelligence information revealed that some people had planned to take control of the meeting and commit criminal acts. However, while quelling the riots, some police officers used excessive force on the rioting youth. I, therefore, directed that investigations into this incidence be expedited and the file be forwarded to the DPP for further action. I want to confirm to this House that, indeed, investigations are being carried out expeditiously so as to deal with these officers who were captured on television whipping somebody who had put his hands up. This, I want to say, is not acceptable at all. The other one has to do with an incidence in Dandora area where some shootings took place. This happened on 23rd April, 2012. Police officers from Dandora Police Station who had arrested a murder suspect were confronted by a rowdy mob who demanded the release of the suspect so that the crowd could kill the suspect. When the police officers refused to release the suspect, the mob became violent and attempted to seize the suspect by force. In an effort to disperse the crowd and save the life of the suspect, police officers fired in the air while in a moving vehicle, unfortunately, killing three persons who were on the fourth floor of a building. In an effort to ensure that thorough investigations are carried out, six police officers have now been relieved of their duties or suspended and forwarded their arms to the ballistic expert to isolate the firearm which caused the injuries and deaths. Once investigations are complete, the matter will be forwarded, once again, to the court. Here, I have no apologies at all and I would like to state quite clearly that the incidence that resulted in the death of the three people is most unfortunate. Therefore, that is why I"
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