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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend Prof. Saitoti for working hard on The National Police Service Bill. I know the amount of time, expense and the taskforces involved. That should be the way it is because I subscribe to the opinion that unless we reform the police force, the Government will never be effective because the policing arm of the State is the police force. I just want the Minister to know that it is one thing to do this law, which he has done in terms of consolidating the police force and ensuring the powers and coming up with a service for the police. When you look at this, and I hope the Committee has looked at it, you get the impression that the Police Service has two services in one. They could operate independently as units just like the General Service Unit has its command and the CID has its command, but in terms of that structure, and that is why we got the position of the Inspector-General, it is very important that even if the Administration Police and the Kenya Police are separate entities, they should not bear the name of a service. There should only be one service, namely, the National Police Service. That is extremely critical. I support the separation because of my own experience during the 2002 general elections. It was the Kenya police who saved me. The Administration Police were highly compromised by the powers that be. So, there is need for separation. In terms of uniformity, regularity, terms and conditions of service, qualifications for employment and remunerations, we must have one national police service."
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