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    "id": 416357,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity. I think there is a very basic isssue here, which is what seems to be a contradiction between Article 245(2)b) of the Constitution and Article 246(3). We are using what seems to be that apparent confusion to go back and renege on the gains that the Constitution brought to us. When we had problems in 2007/2008, the Police Commissioner had all the powers that we want to give back to the I-G today. Why did it not work? We are claiming that there is no order and no clear way of giving orders and following them. But that was there before. What was noted and was the main problem was basically too much power was concentrated in one person. The Constitution decided that we split them. What we are doing is really going against the spirit of the Constitution by taking advantage of what we see as a contradiction. I do not think that, that is the best way to do it. All of us talk to police officers, the rank and file, and all of them are saying: Do not kill our Service Commission. The way police officers have been treated and promoted--- It has been one person or a few people sitting and deciding that this person will go here and that person will do this. That has brought a lot of discontent within the Police Force. I do not think we should use this simple problem in the Constitution to renege and go backwards on the gains we have made in the Constitution. That is key. If we do that, the discontent in the Police Force will be worse than what we are seeing even now, leave alone the terms of service and so on. People have said many things, but that is the basic issue. Therefore, let us not go backwards. If we want to correct issues in the Constitution, as some people have indicated, let us go for a national dialogue and look at all areas of the Constitution where we have a problem and set them straight. We agreed, even those of us who are very green, that there were some problems and these are the small problems. Let us face them. Bet us not use them to go backwards on the gains that we have made. With that, I oppose. 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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