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"speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Mr. David Koech, and not the Member of Parliament, was until his dismissal from police service on 7th October, 1999, attached to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Police Station. The ex-officer was enlisted in the service on 30th July, 1988. On 28th August, 1999, he was charged with disciplinary offence as follows. On that particular day, 28th August, 1999, at about 10.00 a.m. at the departure lounge, Gate No.6 of JKIA, within the Kenya Airport Police Unit command, within Nairobi Area, he was found guilty of an act to the prejudice of good order and discipline by extorting US$300 from Mr. Alphonse Ibekwe, Mr. Yusuf Titus and Mr. Nwachuku Emeke, all Nigerian nationals, with the pretext of assisting them to get Kenyan Visas. When the ex-officer was charged in orderly room proceedings, he entered a plea of not guilty and witnesses were called and testified. The presiding officer, Inspector James Karanja, found him guilty and owing to the seriousness of the charge. He forwarded the proceedings to the Commandant, Kenya Airport Police Unit, for sentence. Subsequently, the Commandant sentenced him to dismissal from the service with effect from 7th October, 1999. The ex- officer, David Koech, was given the right of appeal within seven days. Prior to dismissal, the ex-officer had two previous disciplinary convictions in his record. (b) Upon dismissal from the service, the ex-officer was informed of this right of appeal within seven days by the Commandant, through the laid-down police procedure, which he failed to do. Therefore, the matter was closed. The Force Standing Orders require that an officer appeals against such a sentence within seven days, after which, his appeal is rendered null and void. The appeal must also be channeled through the laid-down police"
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