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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "the direction I would like to go. If that is the case then the medicine for it is a different thing altogether, and not the amendments that we have made. We need to look at that very carefully and thank the hon. Member. The third area is that we need to go beyond the legislation framework that we are dealing with, including the one under discussion, and think a bit more about how the police force itself will functionally be accountable. It is not enough for the police to respond to insecurity incidents. The response time is important. It is not enough that they contain crises. How they do it is important. I am not one of those who say that the police should not use a strong arm to get a situation under control because sometimes some people do not listen to anything other than strong arms. So, that is not my real concern. There are boundaries in terms of human rights concerns but what is important is that the police should be able to say: “Given the changes that we have made, these are the qualitative improvements that we have made”, beyond the legislative framework that we are working with. Therefore, my comment on this, in summary, is that I support the amendment in terms of having a responsive police force that is moving with the times. In terms of answering the question as to why there is a surge in crime, along the lines of the defence of this legislation, we are simultaneously indicting the police force without being fully aware of it. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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