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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chumel",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to add my voice to what we are discussing, which is very important. I am a Member of this Committee and I remember we took time discussing these issues. It was not only something that we did in a day or a week; it took months and we invited everybody; including hon. Members from this House who were and are free to come and discuss any issue in any committee as a friend of that committee. Hon. Speaker, personally I support it because if we continue delaying it – there is some suggestion that has been given that we postpone it to another day. Things are going to be worse in this country. I agree with what hon. Midiwo and others said when contributing, including my friend from Nakuru. Instead of prolonging the problem, can we now reduce it and make sure that things work effectively? Hon. Speaker, I remember at those Committee meetings, the Inspector-General (IG) and the two deputies came in with their legal officers and slotted in what they wanted done. The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) the civil society, all Kenyans who brought their petitions and input at that time, the Cabinet Secretary and the team from that Ministry--- What I am saying is that, we need an effective police force. The other day when we were almost coming to the end of the last Session last year, this House was forced to bring in the issue of military to go and quell a very small problem in a village. It is what happened in Samburu, Pokot, Turkana, North Eastern, the Westgate and even the other side of Western Kenya, Bungoma. Hon. Speaker, it was shameful to call for military who are supposed to defend us from outside attacks to this country and not internally. This incident happened because there was no proper system put in place to handle the situation. That is why we are calling--- It is the wearer of the shoe who knows where the it pinches. We are some of the victims and we do not even sleep in our houses because of minor problems; regular police and Administration Police (AP) should have finished the problem, instead of calling in forces from other ranks. Hon. Speaker, hon. Members have talked about the APs. I think this is the time we need to bring order between the regular police and the Administration Police, so that we know what The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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