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    "id": 402135,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, I want to thank Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for coming up with this Bill, which really is to set order in the way leaders relate with each other and those who have elected us. They want to see us as servants because, according to the Constitution, sovereign power belongs to the people. Even titles that we acquire are by virtue of the authority that we derive from the people. Madam Temporary Speaker, the order which this Bill seeks to bring in place is going to be the cure of the confusion that seems to be there quietly or loudly in functions, offices and correspondences. Nobody should look at this Bill as one that is trying to demean or fix anybody. It is merely a Bill that seeks to set records straight, so that everybody knows his role and title, according to the functions that they have been given. Madam Temporary Speaker, a name is just a name, but sometimes as human beings, we want to put a lot of meaning and read a lot of things in names. There was, for instance, a time when the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) was formed from the previous Special Branch. Then there came a title called Director-General. Eventually every head of department wanted to be called director-general. Everybody, even those who were commissioners wanted it, yet we really did not know what a commissioner was and what the director-general was. I do not know why those who drafted the Constitution did it, but they changed the name of the Commissioner of Police, for instance, to Inspector-General. Now, looking at it, the name “Inspector” is a very junior position compared to that of a Commissioner, because an inspector is supposed to be a junior officer. But because the Constitution was there and it came into place, Mr. Kimaiyo is called “Inspector-General.” We have not seen anybody complaining about it. I understand that in the United Kingdom (UK), some senior heads of police are called “Constables” and they are happy with that name. So, surely, whatever title is given here, it does not mean that you are being demoted or demeaned in any way. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have looked at the list and because our Constitution recognizes that we have two national languages, I think that at an appropriate stage, an amendment could be made to also translate these titles into Kiswahili so that if you have"
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