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    "id": 478595,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/478595/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it really saddens me that the law enforcement or the security forces in this country are being interfered with. It appears as if tribalism is coming into it particularly during recruitment whereas the Constitution is very clear when it comes to defence forces. They must reflect the face of Kenya. For example, you cannot take a place like Trans Nzoia where 68 per cent of the community is Luhyas and you recruit 90 per cent from another community. Luhyas are now named as others in Trans Nzoia. It cannot be that way. I think that the only solution, if the reform process that we begun and which is envisaged in our Constitution succeeds to the very end, the only credible thing is for the entire recruitment exercise to be cancelled, be done afresh. We should look into how these anomalies can be addressed. On this list, they say they have ten complaints from Busia County. However, I received more than that over the same issues. Police officers were asking for Kshs30,000 or Kshs50,000 so that people could be recruited in the police force. I said that it might not be true, but when I checked I found out that it was true. So, I said that since I am a man of integrity, I could not pay even a single cent for the recruitment of somebody. Somebody must be recruited on merit and that is what I stood by. Therefore, my plea is that let them not insist on this list. Let them start afresh and continue."
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