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    "id": 407128,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "is the creation of a board and a board can exist to deal with operational matters, but matters of human resource are in the clear purview of the National Police Service Commission. The Inspector General and his two deputies are part and parcel of the Commission as it is currently. Therefore, in my view, all consultations should be held within the context of the Commission and requiring the Inspector General to be consulted independently, for me is strange because he is a Member of the Commission. If the desire is to remove the two from the ex-official status within the Commission and make them substantive members, then those are amendments that I hope the Committee can really consider and bring to this House. Section 10(2) of the National Police Service Act provides for the Commission to delegate powers to recruit, appoint and promote officers under the rank of Sergeant in accordance with Article 10 and Chapter Six. This should be explored instead of removing powers and putting them in the hands of one person. In view of the fact that I have not seen what the amendments are, I oppose the amendments in their current form. The amendments as considered by the Committee, we will review them as per their merit. I know that the leadership of the House will meet to discuss these amendments and come to an agreement. That is an approach that I applaud. I hope that we will not come up with something that will reverse the gains that this country has made of police reforms and of moving us in the right direction. If things continued the way they were, we will really move several years back. I oppose this Bill and wait for the Committee to bring its amendments."
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