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    "id": 674291,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Chairperson for the detailed response. However, I would like to seek clarification on two issues. The Chairperson has indicated that the Commission has received complaints regarding the recruitment exercise. I would like to find out how many of the complaints relate to bribery or corruption. I have received complaints from young men and women who attempted to join the police force through this recruitment and it was clearly indicated to them that if they did not have Kshs200,000, they would not join the police force. I would also like the Chairperson to clarify to this House: Does the police service have an ombudsman, an office or centre where some of these complaints can be directed to? When they are brought to me as a Senator, all I can do is bring them to the Floor of this House. Is there an ombudsman or a point where young people who have been asked to bribe to get into the police service can be sorted out? Finally, we will look at the Recruitment Guidelines which the Chairperson has tabled. Every time recruitment to the police service or the armed forces is done, young men and women are asked to run, jump, undress, flash their teeth and do some other things that the colonial police used to do. In this modern world, at what point will be police service review their recruitment guidelines so that they recruit people on the basis of modern competencies not on the basis of the colour of their teeth? There are some young men and women who grow up in areas where the water is contaminated. As a result, their teeth get discoloured. They cannot join the police service because of archaic recruitment guidelines. When will these issues ever be addressed?"
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