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    "id": 416337,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Lay",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Wanjalah Lay",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish the whole House, including you, a happy new year. Thank you for the opportunity and I hereby stand to oppose these amendments. Right now, there is so much unrest in the country. Kenyans are so frustrated and part of the frustration is insecurity in the country. I have just received a news alert that they are going to demonstrate on 13th and one of the issues that they are raising is insecurity in the country. Another issue that they are going to demonstrate about is the mutilation of the Constitution. We have created the Commission under the Constitution and if we are to amend the Constitution, we have to amend it to the better and not to harm the people of this country. For example, if we do this, we are going to give the power to the Inspector-General and he will dictate what needs to be done, who needs to be promoted, demoted and who needs to be given what. We created this so that we can see reforms in the Police Force. That is why the Commission was formed. The I-GP is part of the Commission, which means that they have to work together. They have to consult each other. So, there is no way we can see that Mr. Kavuludi has more power than the I-GP because they have to work together. They have tried to bring reforms in the Police Force; from housing to the welfare of the police officers. This is the work of the Commission. We have seen them working. So, there is no way we can say that we are going to reduce their power and mandate and give it to the I-GP. It is like giving birth to a baby and then later on kill that baby. It is like giving birth to a baby and then telling it: “What are you going to eat? What can you not eat? You can live here and not there.” We have to make sure that our country is secure. We have to make sure that there are reforms in everything that is being handled in this country. For example, the recent police action in Mombasa was so barbaric. The policemen just walked in and started killing people because they were given a tip off that something was going on in there. But it was just people who were praying. There was food that had been given for free and that is why there were so many children in that Mosque. They heard that there was free food in the Mosque."
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