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    "id": 403178,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 184,
        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Many of those people have never come close to any kind of training in Kiganjo anyway. We have come to this at a very unfortunate time. As you know, and you have been in the struggle, we have come so far that we cannot afford to allow a couple of people who are disagreeing to make us do a bad law. National Police Service Commission is one of the independent commissions listed in this Constitution. The Constitution states that an independent commission cannot be under direction of any person or anybody. The problem we had in this House last week about the Minister for Lands is that many people here were castigating Madam Ngilu. This House has a duty. What the House should have done was to make the Land Commission independent from anybody. That is the intention of the commission. The Land Commission should be the one running those issues so that we do not talk about Cabinet Secretaries, individuals or bodies. This Constitution in Article 246(3) says:- “The Commission shall recruit and appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the service, confirm appointments and determine promotions and transfers within the National Police Service; observing due process, exercise disciplinary control over and remove persons holding or acting in offices within the service---” 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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