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    "id": 518790,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/518790/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdirahman",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 161,
        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir for this opportunity to contribute to this very important Report relating to the appointment of the Inspector-General of Police. I have two to three comments. First, in this country when appointments are done, though it is the prerogative of the President and within the Constitution to allow him to pick the individual, it is important that a number of factors are considered. The first one should be merit. We do not just have to nominate people from nowhere to go to the helm of the entire police force like in this particular case and in many other appointments that have happened in the Kenya Police Service in the past. I am not particularly paying attention to the question of academic qualifications. We need an Inspector-General who is hands on and who must have led any of the departments within the police force. He would have better fitted in the intelligence department as a Director-General or a Director of Criminal Investigation Department than appearing at the helm of the police force. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we very well know the challenges that the internal security docket faced under the leadership of our good friend ole Lenku. This is because we did not think wisely. Look at the difference after bringing in Maj. Nkaissery. I am not just opposing the appointment of somebody because he is favoured by one side of the House. We really need to be careful on the kind of people we nominate to lead important institutions like the police force amid the current challenges of terrorism and insecurity all over the country. I oppose."
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