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    "id": 29029,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/29029/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 140,
        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Bill. It is a Bill that has brought back the confidence that we had in the system. I remember during the constitutional review exercise, much was brought and I can see that many of the issues that were discussed during the constitutional review exercise have been captured here. The police, as my colleague has stated, is the image of the country. Our policemen have done a great job and continue to do a great job. The fact that they are marked as the most corrupt institution in Kenya is sometimes a mark on our culture itself. Unfortunately, these police officers are paid very little and work very hard. There is a word that I used many times before, namely, corruption for survival. This basically has been corruption for survival. Police officers have tried their very best to make money on the side. The fact that they have stopped engaging in businesses is very good. I am hoping that our police officers will be treated as professionals. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very pleased that we now have the Administration Police and the boys in blue under one Inspector- General, but commanded individually by Deputy Inspector-Generals who are Accounting Officers. Hitherto, the Administration Police and the main Police Force have had a very big rivalry that even when two people were shooting at each other, one police force felt that the other was favoured while the other was being subdued. By bringing them together, we have done a great thing. I cannot stand here without remembering that this is the same Police Force which stood aside when 87 people were shot dead in Kisumu. This is the same Police Force who, when some rogue officers---"
}