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    "id": 511069,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. On the outset I want to support this Bill. Let me say this: You cannot appreciate this Bill hon Members until when you have an incident such as what we saw in Kieni where 20 people were killed. You cannot appreciate this Bill until when you hear the cries of the Migori or Kisii children whose parents were killed on their way from Garrissa. I know there are some contentious issues in this Bill. 80 per cent of the sections in this Bill are very good. The 20 per cent can be amended at a later stage in the Committee of the Whole House. Otherwise the laws are good. Let us look at the sections which are trying to restrict the overseas jobs. For the last five months, so many Kenyans have been killed in Saudi Arabia. They go there searching for jobs and come back in caskets. This is very serious. We need to have laws that restricts these agents who are recruiting our brothers and sisters and when they go there they are killed. On the Investment and Promotion Act which is also amended in this section, aliens are coming into our country in the name of coming to work. They are issued with work permits by the Immigrations Department. These are jobs which can be done by Kenyans. We have a serious unemployment problem in the country. Do we need aliens when we have engineers in Kenya to come and construct the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)? Do we need civil engineers from outside Kenya to do the construction of roads? This is going to help our youth ensure that they get employment. For those companies seeking work permits, let them advertise in the local dailies at least two times. If we find that there is no Kenyan who can fit into these employment opportunities then we can see on how to get aliens to come and work in this country. On the National Police Service Act, the Deputy Inspector General (IG) the IG and the two deputies have tenure of office. The IG himself cannot give instructions to his deputies. They can only take those instructions at their own discretion. The President cannot remove an IG . You are talking of an IG with a budget of about Kshs70 billion controlling 300 policemen. This is somebody who can even overthrow the Government since he cannot take instructions from the President. There is nowhere in the world where you can find a Police Commissioner or an IG with a tenure of office. It is only in the Republic of Kenya. The cardinal responsibility of any country is to protect its people and the President must be on the forefront. Therefore, the President must have authority to appoint and to remove the IG when he fails to deliver. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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