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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I had to let my friend hon. Midiwo, whom I respect very much, continue. He is an able debater but I must disagree with him.. I think the Bill that is being proposed is going to bring order in command of the police force. The police and the military are not like any other civilian organization where you have a collegiate command centre. I would like to qualify what I am saying today. We have heard of incidents in Migori and Busia. I sought a statement this afternoon about dysfunctional police force. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, today in my constituency, a certain community has been evicted by another and there has not been any action taken. The people on the ground have asked for reinforcement and it is now over a month and nothing has happened. What does that tell you? There is a lot of confusion. If you have a situation and you want a couple of civilians to sit down and decide whether deployment has to be done or not, are we not having our priorities upside down? Before these civilians politicize everything and make a decision, how much harm would have been done? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you ask for County Commanders of Police to be appointed by other people, where is their loyalty? Are we not bringing politics into the police force? Are we not creating a situation where even the field commanders will not obey their commanders in the force? They will say their allegiance is to Mr. Kavuludi or whoever else. They will obey the person who is supposed to issue orders directly to them. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we are at these issues, let us be objective. Look at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), there is a commission that gives 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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