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    "id": 573295,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13129,
        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "If you look at the vetting of policemen under the John Kavuludi-led commission, you are likely to hear of a policeman with Kshs100 million in his account, which he cannot account for. If we are to share our experiences, as Members of Parliament, we will confess that in the system of police, things only work if you have power or money. In this country, if you want the police to do their job, you have to bribe them; you have to pay them over and above what they are supposed to do. I have been engaged in rescue missions of children with albinism and I have seen the way in which sometimes suspects corrupt the police to circumvent justice. Recently, there was a suspect who was supposed to be involved in witchcraft. He had connived with some witchdoctors here in Lenana to take away two twins with albinism. They had approached a lady by the name Miss Winrose Simiyu. When we arraigned them before the police, before we even prosecuted the statements, already that man was well known to the police. He had already been told that he would be given a police bond. That in itself speaks about corruption that is inherent in the DNA of our police service. In that regard, I would like to say this without fear or favour: Our police force is nothing more than a legitimate armed group of thugs. The people who are suffering as a result of miscarriage of justice in this country because of the police force are many. They continue to do so because they are intimidated by weapons of violence, uniform of the police and the status of law enforcers which is the police administration. Therefore, this Motion by my friend, Hon. John Waluke Koyi, is very timely because it wants to address the issue that would also help us, as a country, fight the vice of corruption. This Motion wants to address the malice that has made many of our people who cannot afford those bribes and do not know how Government works not get services. It will help us clean the otherwise corrupt police administration."
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