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    "id": 476028,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kanainza",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daisy Nyongesa Kanainza",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, particularly seeking to know about the irregularities that marred the recent recruitment by the National Police Service (NPS). In the Statement, the Chairperson should:- (i) state whether the Government is aware that the recruitment of police officers by the National Police Service on 14th July, 2014 was marred by irregularities in some counties such as Kakamega especially in Lugari, Matete and Malava regions. The irregularities included favouritism, nepotism and corruption; (ii) state the specific steps that the Government has taken to remedy the situation following the widespread irregularities that disenfranchised potential and qualified youth from being recruited and favouring non-deserving cases; (iii) present the tribal distribution of the 10,000 recruits in the county and sub- county levels in the country; (iv) state the ideal qualifications of a police officer and why the recruiting officers were looking for outdated qualities such as teeth structure; in other words, he should describe the police recruitment procedures; (v) state why candidates who studied under the international curriculum such as the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) were sent away yet this system is recognized by the Ministry of Education; (vi) state whether there are adequate facilities such as housing and equipment that will ensure recruits are comfortable as they perform their duties; (vii) describe if there are any improvements in the Kenya Police Training College that will enable them to cope with the current advanced and complex nature of security threats such as terrorism, cyber crime, online fraud such as bank hacks and computer crime, illegal trafficking of cultural property, environmental crime, organ trafficking, money laundering and smuggling of immigrants. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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