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    "content": "every institution and department. So, we cannot disqualify them from one arm of the Government. I have listened to my colleagues and I want to indicate here that vetting is so critical and important to make a service more efficient; to make people more accountable. Therefore, I do not foresee a reason why we fear the President appointing the DG and the name is brought to this House so that we can all approve it. That is because they are serving Kenyans. They are not serving the incumbency alone. They are serving all the departments. This is a spy agency and when we give them powers to arrest, what are we doing? We are telling Kenyans: “Here is the person who is likely to take information from you.” That is because we are disclosing them to the public and, therefore, it will not be very easy for them to get that classified information that they require from Kenyans. They need not to be known in certain quarters so that they get credible and important information, especially information that touches on security. But I want to support the fact that they can be armed. Arresting suspects is the work of the police. In this House, if we think we do not have enough police---"
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