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    "id": 416296,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "parts of our country. For the people in Nairobi, there is no cattle rustling. If you tell a policeman today that all he can do with his firearm is only to defend someone’s life, then I will wonder what a policeman will do when my cows are stolen by cattle rustlers. Those cattle rustlers are armed and I think we are restraining the police force far too much, if we do not allow them to use firearms in areas where we come from. This Bill does something very special because it establishes clear roles between the Inspector- General and the Commission. I think we need that. The last thing that we want to see, as a country, when we are fighting Al shabaab, and all sorts of criminals, who are trying to destabilize our nation is the competition between the Inspector-General and the Commission when they are exercising their powers. It gives a very bad signal on security preparedness of our nation. It also shows, the criminals who want to harm our people, something. This Bill goes a long way in trying to establish a clear role for the Inspector-General and the Commission. For that alone, as Members of this House, we should support this Bill with whatever amendments we feel can make the police force more powerful and well taken care of. The other thing that we see in this Bill is that--- We have had problems in our counties, where we have two centres of power. We have two people who are almost merged in terms of the power structure. I am hoping that this Bill, and through amendments, will establish clear roles for who does what in the county. That way, in our counties, we will know who to see and who will help under what circumstances. I support this Bill and I just want to say this before I conclude. I am hoping that this Bill will provide a clear framework for the management of the police force. Hopefully, it will translate to the betterment of the security of our communities and our nation. If the spirit of this Bill prevails, I think we will take care of the few problems that we have had in our security forces, as hon. Ngunjiri has said. We can find a way of taking care of those issues without killing a Bill that will provide a clear framework and leadership to the police force and the operation of our security forces in the field; it will make our communities secure. I will stop at that. I support this Bill"
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