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    "id": 573296,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/573296/?format=api",
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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": "When I have conversations with police officers, they tell me that even the senior police administration sometimes fails to take action because if it were to and be seen to be jeopardising the work of a police officer who is involved in certain malpractices or serious allegations against them, they can as well be waylaid and killed or harmed when they are out of work. Indeed, Kenyans are aware. We have heard of many stories of senior Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers being killed or police officers being carjacked. They disappear without trace principally because of some of the cases they may be handling. Most importantly, sometimes if you look at the structure of crime in this country, you will note that there is always that connection with the police. It is very critical because recently when I was following that case, even the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) heavily relied on the CID, Divisional Criminal Investigation Officers (DCIOs) and the police officers on the ground to compile evidence that would make a case prosecutable. When I look at this Motion, I see specialisation of police officers in very many critical professions can only happen if you are in the police force. You are aware that critical experience even from the best of our graduates can only be attained if people are admitted as police officers. I was very glad to find a former colleague at Kenyatta University is an Inspector of Police. That showed me that, indeed, now the police administration has already started taking graduates as part of their rank and file and not just as individuals who are there to take commands."
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