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    "id": 403015,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/403015/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1565,
        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Even before this Bill has passed, look at the changes already made in the Police Force by the Inspector General. There was a complaint in the media though we should not quote it in this House, that the Police Force is being tribalised at a very quick rate despite these provisions. This is the wisdom that the nation and the people of Kenya had in saying that the idea of recruiting people to the force will be a mandate not of one individual; the idea of transferring officers within the force will be a mandate not of an individual. The Constitution says that a commission made up of people who have served this country with distinction either as police officers or in other areas of public service should be there. Look at the transfers and talk to the individual police officer in the force. When the police was headed on those matters by a single Commissioner as opposed to a Commission--- I am telling you that this is happening under this Inspector General and the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security Chair is aware. Look at the changes; we have members of the force being transferred, we have people being promoted and we have people being moved by the Inspector General without reference to the commission even as the commission exists and even before this Bill passes. What will happen when we ultimately give that Inspector General the power to do as he wills? We have had cases related to disciplinary control and I take this very seriously."
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