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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abdi",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on the appointment of the new Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Joseph Boinnet. I welcome him, he is my namesake. Joseph is Yusuf in Islam and I think Josephs have been lucky this year; appointment of our new Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Interior and Coordination of National Government went to a Joseph. First of all, I would like to sort of comment on the issue of his education that has been mentioned here. I think he is highly qualified and has, probably, the best education that any Inspector-General of Police has ever had in our country, having graduated from two reputable universities, the Australian National University and the Westminster University. In today’s life, for someone to go back to college to study and qualify in institutions of that kind means that is a very serious person with an intellectual depth and, therefore, he is educationally qualified to do this job. I must say that he is coming to an institution that is facing many challenges. I do not envy him in any way, but I hope that with his background--- He looks like a Kenyan of the new generation of civil servants. We have not had a person of his generation leading the police force in the past; I therefore expect him to come to the job with a fresh mind. With that kind of education and exposure both nationally and internationally, I believe that, if there is someone who can really turn around the national police force and deal with the major challenges that this force faces today, then he is really that person. I would say that some of the challenges he faces are reality, perception about our national police force, widespread corruption, indiscipline, incompetence and poor relationship with the public. These are things that must be addressed before our police force can be the force that deals with the major challenge of national security. In terms of dealing with insecurity, what he needs to do is win the hearts and minds of our community, particularly those who feel left out through ethnic profiling or collective suspicion in the public eye. Given his background in the intelligence area--- I think he is able to use it. We need a new kind of police force; a police force that is smart, intelligence-driven and that does not depend on the misguided concept, or belief, that because a particular community has a significant number of people who are terrorists, or a particular community has a significant number of criminals, therefore, the entire community is culpable. That has not worked for us and it is unproductive. What we need 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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