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    "id": 539743,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Bill that is before this House. Our expectations as citizens are quite high, especially when we look up to civil servants. Many a times we are disappointed in the way they carry out their public functions, from the Civil Service to the Judiciary. At times inordinate periods are taken to execute very simple tasks. Many times omissions or commissions that contravene the civil or legal rights of citizens are there. When most of these are done, it is not because the administrators or officers who are empowered to carry out these duties do not know what they are doing, it has become part of the system. Civil Service for a long time has been lethargic. It has had to be nudged on for the longest time possible to do work. Even now when we are talking of Kenya being a newly industrialised country or heading towards that direction, we still see that lethargy prevailing in our Civil Service. I am personally disturbed by the omission in Clause 3(2) of the disciplined forces from this fair administrative action. When we look at the police service in particular, it has been affected greatly by lethargy, inefficiency and by sleeping on the job quite a number of times. I have a case in point where cheques were stolen from the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). We waited for the cheques to be presented because we knew who the beneficiary of these cheques was. We had the evidence and took it to the police. Six months down the line, no action at all has been taken just because somebody is giving a bribe right, left and Centre. When the disciplined forces are exempted from fair administrative action, I feel that should not be the way we should go. This is because, they have responsibilities to carry out but they abdicate them. I would propose at the Committee stage that we can do amendments that these also be made to fall under this law. I do not see any reason why the disciplined forces should be exempted from acting expeditiously and from carrying out their duties as they should. In any case, when you look at the work of policemen are they not supposed to present accused persons to court within 24 hours? That is in the Constitution. What is this other thing that 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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