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    "id": 595860,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "to Standing Order No.225 (2) (b). Pursuant to Standing Order No.227 (1), the Petition was referred to the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security for consideration, and for preparation of a report within 14 days, pursuant to Standing Order Nos. 233 and 234. The Committee held three sittings to consider the prayers of the petitioners. The Committee complied with the constitutional and legal requirements when considering the Petition. We ensured that the requirement for public participation and openness in carrying out the proceedings was adhered to. Notification inviting the public to submit memoranda was placed in the mainstream print media, in tandem with the law. Hon. Speaker, the Committee made the following observations: 1. Major (Rtd.) Muiu Shadrack Mutia was appointed to the NPSC under Article 246(2)(a)(ii) of the Constitution, being one of two retired police officers and representing the Administration Police Service. 2. The Commissioner, Major (Rtd.) Muiu, consistently failed, neglected or refused to attend to his duties or perform his duties as a Commissioner for the past two years. I will indicate the reasons because it was not deliberate that this Commissioner did that. There were reasons which the Committee found valid. 3. This continued absence has negatively affected the operations of the Commission, thereby denying the Commission the chance to make informed decisions, particularly with regard to the Administration Police. 4. There exists information in the public domain of the continued inability by Commissioner Major (Rtd.) Muiu to attend to his duties as a Commissioner due to physical incapacity to perform his functions or his failure, neglect or refusal to attend to his duties as a Commissioner. 5. The Commissioner may be removed from office, pursuant to Article 251(1)(b) and (c) of the Constitution, for gross misconduct and physical and mental incapacity to perform the functions of the office respectively. 6. The police reform agenda is in danger of stalling following the absence of the Commissioner, Major (Rtd.) Muiu, given his background as a former police officer with the Administration Police and also in the military. 7. The crisis of quorum in the NPSC is further compounded by the demise of one Commissioner, Madam Esther Chui-Colombini, more than two years ago, with the vacancy yet to be filled; and the retirement of the Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Madam Grace Kaindi, in September 2015. 8. Based on the aforesaid, the petitioners suspected that the Commission’s operations have been seriously hampered by the continued absence of the Commissioner and is therefore unable to attend to the efficient oversight and administration of the NPSC. Hon. Speaker, the Committee received submission from the National Police Service Commission with respect to the Petition. In their submissions, the Commission expressed its concurrence with the petitioners. I will not go into those details because they are in the report. I would like to state that the Committee made an attempt to give a chance to Major (Rtd.) Muiu and in the spirit of national justice, the Committee reached out to the Commissioner Major (Rtd.) Shadrack Muiu Mutia vide letter reference number NA/DCA/ANS/2015/66 with a view to having a meeting on the matters raised in the Petition. 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."
}