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    "id": 403053,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/403053/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2840,
        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
        "slug": "junet-sheikh-nuh"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the purpose of this amendment Bill is nothing other than to erode and to negate the gains made by the people of Kenya in the new Constitution. The spirit and the letter of the new Constitution that Kenyans got through their blood was to have a civilian police service. They were tired of the kind of Police Force they had before the coming into force of the new Constitution. After the new Constitution was promulgated, a commission was formed to regulate and run the police service in Kenya. For all purposes and intent, the commission could not take off. They were denied all avenues to operate. Since the commission was constituted up today, it has not done any meaningful work. This was done by some mafia who have a lot of interest in the security system of this country. As you are aware, Kenyans have suffered in the hands of the police. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what this amendment Bill seeks to achieve is to take Kenya back to the old ways of doing things in the National Police Service, by creating the kind of super-monster police chiefs that have been in this country since Independence. If we did not achieve any results by having powerful Police Commissioners for 50 years, what makes someone believe that we will have results by having a powerful Inspector-General, who becomes law unto himself and who reports to none other than himself? As hon. Members are aware, the Inspector-General and his deputies are members of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). The work of the Chairman of the NPSC is chairing commission sessions. The power of the Commission Chairman ends when he finishes chairing meetings. The Inspector-General and his two deputies are part of any deliberations of the Commission. If they have any issues to raise, any recommendations to make or anything that is disturbing them in terms of police operations, they have the liberty to bring those matters to the commission and have them deliberated, so that the commission can arrive at a conclusive decision. The only thing that we are seeing here is an Inspector-General and his two deputies, who have refused to work with the commission. They have literally said that they are not ready to work with the commission. For that reason, they instigated people to bring these amendments, so that the powers can be returned to them. We will not allow that to happen. Any Kenyan who allows this to happen will be taking Kenyans back to where they came from. As hon. Members are aware, our National Police Service (NPS) is rotten. It used to be a Police Force before the new Constitution came into place. It needs a lot of work to change its image and its welfare. We need a commission to do that work. The Inspector- General alone, as a person, cannot achieve the kind of things that NPS requires. So, I do not see why there should be that kind of disconnect between the Inspector-General’s Office and NPSC. This can only happen where there are personal vested interests. We are seeing a situation where the NPS is going to be returned back to where it used to be – taking orders from political appointees and Cabinet Secretaries, who are the equivalent of the former Cabinet Ministers. 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."
}