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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to talk to this Bill and I want to say from the outset that I am constrained to oppose it. Of course, the Constitution that we passed was very useful in that we were able to establish this National Police Service under Article 243. Under Article 244 we expounded the objects and functions of the National Police Service. Amongst them we said that we needed a police service that strives for the highest standards of professionalism and discipline amongst its members. We talked about prevention of corruption, promotion of transparency and accountability and a raft of other issues. However, when I look at the amendments that have been proposed by the Committee none of them seems to be strengthening the objects and functions of the National Police Service. Instead, unfortunately they seem to erode the powers that were given to an independent Commission, that is the National Police Service Commission, which was formed to strengthen the operations of the police force, as it then was. The primary reason for which this Commission was formed was the history we have had with our security apparatus in this country."
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