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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. May I also join my colleagues in wishing the House a prosperous and fresh new year, after resuming the business of the House this Session. I wish to contribute to this Motion and basically support the amendments contained in this Bill. Looking at the overall spirit of these amendments, they are meant to address the issue of implementing police reforms. This is one of the mandates that the country undertook with the passage of the new Constitution. It will be recalled that when we actually passed the initial National Police Service Act, which was done few month to the general elections, the country was really in hurry to ensure that it had a new I-G just before the elections. There was no time for exhaustive consultations and that is why what was enacted created challenges when it came to implementation. We wanted the National Police Service Commission to work parallel with the I- G. When this kind of problem affects the security section of the Government, it is very serious. That is because it compromises the country’s security. Therefore, these amendments are meant to address and cure that initial challenge, and they are very worth supporting. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you listen to hon. Members, they raise complaints from their constituencies. No other aspect attracts as much complaints as the security docket. Therefore, we urgently need to implement police reforms with a view to having a reformed police system and one which will really be in charge. The worst that can happen is to have multiplicity or doubt as to who has the power or the right to do what. That cannot really be entertained. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you look at the spirit of the Constitution, the whole idea of the Constitution was not to undermine or weaken the command structure of security operations. It was meant to develop a check and balance mechanism. That is where the National Police Service Commission comes in. It is a Commission which operates parallel 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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