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    "id": 29072,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/29072/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kapondi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 36,
        "legal_name": "Fred Chesebe Kapondi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, considering where the police force has come from, that is, from 1963 to where it is, this is the first time that the police force will be comprehensively reformed. I say this because, like what Mr. Orengo has said, the police force, right from the beginning in 1963, has been used as a tool by those in power to suppress the opposition and perpetuate themselves in power. It has been used more as a repressive tool. That explains why the police force has been neglected over time. The conditions that they have been working in have been horrific and their welfare has not been taken care of. Their tools to fight crime and their emergence have been at the mercy of the power barons. That is why the Englishman says that he who pays the piper calls the tune. The police had been left at the mercy of those who could facilitate them in a way. That way, we ended up with a repressive organ. That is why I say kudos to the promulgation of the new Constitution which has resulted to a very progressive product in the name of this Bill that will reform the police force."
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