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    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K.Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "I just wanted this opportunity, as a good Kenyan, to also oppose this amendment. I quite agree that there are some areas which are good and others that are very offensive as far as I am concerned. One of the amendments which I quite agree with hon. Muchai is about the Police Force joining a trade union. I oppose it and agree they should amend it. Two, is the fact that, at the moment--- In fact, I just came from home today. I did not attend yesterday’s Session because of very good reasons - insecurity in Kwanza. I can tell Members in this House that we had a problem of a land dispute in Kwanza on Monday. After sitting with the security apparatus in the district, we all agreed that the best thing to do was to take the people who were aggrieved to the plots that they were allocated. At 11 O’clock, when the District Commissioner (DC) went to the place to allocate the plots, there were signs of insecurity and the Chief tried to contact the General Service Unit (GSU) camp, which is about 500 meters away. The Administration Police (AP) are within the vicinity but they did not take any action until hell broke loose. As I speak now, two people are dead! Unfortunately, one lady who had come to look for her plot was pierced on the head by an arrow. There is a problem of insecurity in this county. That lady is undergoing an operation at an Eldoret hospital, simply because there was no order at all. As at now, I know the Inspector-General is in charge. The DC actually complained to me personally, as the Member of Parliament for Kwanza, that there is a problem today with the command in the security forces, right from the GSU, the AP and the police; meaning that something is wrong. These amendments are supposed to streamline the operations and, at the same time, as somebody has said, give too much power to the Office of the Inspector-General. I think that is also very dangerous. I sympathize with hon. Kinyanjui, because he has gone through hell; given that he has a reputation here in Nairobi. This House should re-think about the amendments that are coming up. I am of the opinion that we actually shelve these amendments until further notice, so as to look at them afresh. What we are doing does not concern the Inspector-General only. The genesis of this, in my view, is because the two gentlemen have been wrangling over power. By giving powers to one person, we are not curing the long term issues of insecurity in this country. I suggest that morale should be an issue today; as somebody has mentioned. When you go to a police station and look at the way those officers, who are our brothers, sisters and children are living, it actually speaks volumes. I suggest that we look at the morale and the amenities that can assist our young men who have joined the security forces other than amassing powers to one individual. I quite agree with the Chairman who has done very well in terms of logistics. He has provided security with 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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