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    "id": 677306,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "that guard this building and do not know how they protect us. The reason why the United States of America has something called the Secret Service is that they are secret to everybody. That is how they have managed to protect their country to near perfection. In Parliament, a police officer stands with an AK47 or G3 riffle while a civilian searches vehicles coming to Parliament. The PSC does not have that capability. That cannot be part of the Commission’s duty. I know they are trying. I have taken occasion to talk to members of the security department. It is forced on them. If you talk to any of these policemen, they are very unhappy. The uniformed officers are very unhappy because somebody else is doing their job and they can do nothing about it although they are rightfully provided to this institution by the State. Part of the problem about crime in this country, and we have said it here time and again, is that when you go to the countryside and all across the country the Administration Police has refused to report to the command of the regular police. If you talk to any police officer, they will tell you that it has caused a lacuna that has created a lot of insecurity around the country. It is happening there. We do not need to create another force to oppose the State. It makes Parliament to be at loggerheads with the State security organs. Members of this House, look at the mess. They say they have an order. I have never heard anybody tell Members that somebody can look at your briefcase when you are coming here to the extent that a civilian tells your bodyguard to step out of your car. Some of these things are ridiculous. That is when crime occurs. I have taken my time to talk to the head of security. He showed me a letter which was an instruction which was read in the Senate. This is not the Senate. We are the majority here. The Senate does not control the PSC. This House must deal with the incompetence of the PSC Commissioners in terms of security and other matters. We will be raising those issues. It is the competence of our Parliamentary Service Commissioners. We should find out if they are working for us or they are against us. I am addressing my mind to it, we will reason and members will understand us. We will begin with what is happening, their composition, where they came from and who made the decision. If we do not want the Kenya Police to protect us, it must be debated here and the House must tell the police to go away."
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