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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me just say this: Hon. Temporary Speaker, my friend, hon. Kajuju, has said that we must make laws that have nothing to do with individuals. So, let us say that we already have a problem. This morning, you led us in a debate about security. We accepted that there is a problem with security. Everybody knows that the police are in a go slow. The fact that the police can engage a couple of people for five hours in an upmarket area like Lavington shows that something is amiss. Let us all speak the truth as Kenyans. We will work with the Inspector General and the commission. As public servants, we have a duty to do so. If we, as a House, agree that this commission is part of the 20 per cent wrongs that are included in the Constitution, how do we move forward? Would we let the conservatives who do not want change to guide us or do we move forward in a way that will cure our security problems? There is a problem. We chose to devolve our systems. One of the things that we must do is devolve police services because the system is simply too large to be managed from the national level. Some of the police functions can remain national while those related to cattle and banana theft and rape in the counties can be dealt with in Siaya or Isiolo, under the Governor, without making reference to Nairobi. That is what we said we should do. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what we have currently are a few people who want to have a hold onto everything. I am speaking as the Leader of the Minority Party. So, my time should be more. Let me tell those colleagues of ours who think that we are opposing simply because we are in the Opposition, this will come back to bite them very soon. It has bitten us before and it will bit them. Those who think that this is about Kimaiyo, you should remember that he has about 19 months left. Who knows the person who will take over from him? Who can guarantee that it will not be a rogue Inspector- General? The Government is now not even working. That is why some people are going and some people are not going."
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