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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Debating this Bill requires some bit of history. The Commission we are talking about here is not very old. However, in its short life, it has seen the body - or is it the head - of a dead person dropped at the door of the Chairperson of this Commission. Basically, this was to tell the Chairperson to stop discharging, refrain from or go slow on discharging his duties as the Chairman of the Commission. It is very important for this House to know why that Commission was formed. Article 249 states that the objects of constitutional commissions and offices are as follows:- “protect the sovereignty of the people; to secure the observance by all State organs of democratic values and principles and to promote constitutionalism.” The history of the Police Force in this country cannot be over-emphasized. However, the major reason is that we must have that Commission independent and able to discharge its duties. That is that we need in order to instill some sense of civility in the way the Police Force is run. That is why Kenyans, in August, 2010, voted that we establish the National Police Service Commission. What we are seeing here is that we are introducing a stranger. The Constitution is very clear on who shall be a member of the National Police Service Commission. It states there very clearly that the Cabinet Secretary is not a member. Therefore, introducing him to this Commission is introducing a stranger. Just last week, we were on the neck of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for having done a letter to the Inspector General not to do something. Now, we are saying that we are going to allow the Cabinet Secretary to order a Commission that the law says should be independent. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the language of the police is that you will hear them say, “Kuja kipande hii”. For a while, our Police Service was so much about one single ethnic group that you could definitely know what kind of language they will speak. That is why the law says under Article 246 that the National Police Service Commission shall ensure that the composition of the National Police Service shall reflect the regional and ethnic diversity of the people of Kenya. So, this is not left to one person - the Inspector General - so that you do not have one people of the same language. That is what we are looking for. However, we are now saying that the Cabinet Secretary should tell the Commission what to do. The same law, under Article 249, says this about the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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