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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "ensures that this country receives equal attention in terms of deployment of police officers. My Committee on Delegated Legislation is currently looking at regulations on deployment, promotion, discipline and other areas touching on police officers. I am happy that, as we look at those regulations, we are going to have a new Inspector-General of Police, who is going to apply them. I appeal to him to do so in a very fair manner. For example, if you look at the presence of police officers in urban areas like Nairobi, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret and Kisumu, they are many. However, if you compare the number of police officers in those areas with those in remote areas, where we have cattle rustling and other security challenges, you will find that they are few. It is fair that the new Inspector-General of Police takes time to understand the deployment. Section 10(1) gives him powers to do so. In Baringo County, and in other areas, we have the problem of cattle rustling. The only people who understand the terrain in those areas are those who live there. We passed a law in this House, allowing the Inspector-General of Police to employ Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs). The only way to tackle insecurity in some areas is for the new Inspector-General of Police to implement that section of the law and employ KPRs in those areas. These are people who live in those areas. They understand the terrain of the land. The livestock being stolen belong to them or their relatives. Therefore, they can help the police to pursue cattle rustlers, recover stolen animals and ensure that peace prevails. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the joint Committee of the Senate and the National Assembly cleared the Inspector-General in the three areas of suitability, capacity and integrity. He is a Kenyan who has been paying tax. That is why the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) cleared him. He was cleared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Authority (EACC), meaning that he is free of corruption. However, he is going to head an institution where corruption is rampant. As an elder in the church, I fellowship with him, I call upon him to maintain the same integrity levels I have seen in him, work hard and improve the NPS. I am happy to note that in his presentation to the joint Committee, he promised to apply his mind to corruption. As I conclude, let me also say the following, that this country requires the support of all of us. I am happy that the 11th Parliament is going to implement the continuing reforms in the police sector and play a role in raising the bar for the leadership in the police sector. The security of the hon. Members of this House is also under threat in many ways. I call upon the new Inspector-General to also spare time to look at how to secure Members of Parliament and, indeed, every Kenyan. This is because this country can only develop and move forward if there is security. Therefore, I join my colleagues in supporting the appointment of Mr. Boinnet to the Office of Inspector-General of Police. I believe that he will enhance the spirit of reform in the NPS. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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