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    "id": 541922,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angwenyi",
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        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this important Bill. The security of this country is a prime issue to every citizen of Kenya, particularly, to every Member of the National Assembly, because we represent the people. Therefore, we must take care of the interests of the people of Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, our agencies have not been very effective in making sure that we do not have these mines and bombs. They destroy our people. One of the reasons they give for not being very effective is that we have not given them the necessary enhancement, support and encouragement for them to do what needs to be done. In the last two, three to four years this country has abandoned the police force. If a policeman shoots a criminal, he will be taken to court and nobody will defend that policeman. He may end up losing his job or even being imprisoned, yet he was in the line of duty to secure this country. You saw the case which happened about three years ago where policemen shot down five thugs on Langat Road. Those policemen were sued in court and eventually lost their jobs. That really demoralised our police force. You saw the case of Baragoi where 42 police officers were slaughtered. We do not know what has happened since then. We do not know who slaughtered them and whether their families have been compensated to some extent. This House must take it upon itself to make sure that those families are assisted. As we move forward, and as we seek to have this country secure, I would propose that we improve the terms of service for our police force and for the national administration. I know there are people in this country who do not want to hear about Chiefs, Assistant Chiefs, District Officers (DOs) and District Commissioners (DC’s). But I can tell you for sure, if we enhanced the role of Chiefs, Assistant Chiefs, Village Elders, DOs and DCs this country would be much more secure than it is today. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have devolved our Government to the second level of devolved governments, and now we must learn and know--- In fact, we need civic education to emphasise that Kenya is a unitary state. Kenya is not a federal State. It is a unitary state with one unitary Government for the entire country. We have that level of Government which goes to the grassroots, but we must realize that Kenya is not a federal state. You cannot compare Kenya with America, Australia or even South Africa. If we work together as a unitary State I am sure we will improve the security of our people. With regard to our new Constitution, I am glad there was a launch today of a forum that intends to correct some of the mistakes that have been found in the new Constitution. I hope it will deal with the aspect of litigation because the new Constitution allows litigation on everything and anything. If a Chief attends to some issue in his or her location and one person is not satisfied then the Chief could be taken to Court. Very soon, Members of Parliament could be taken to court for what they have said in this House. I will not be surprised that we could be convicted. That is from what I see. We do not respect our roles. Parliament wants to perform the roles of the Judiciary or the Executive and the Executive wants to perform the roles of Parliament or 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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