{"id":805892,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/805892/?format=json","text_counter":706,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Waweru","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1378,"legal_name":"Dennis Kariuki Waweru","slug":"dennis-kariuki-waweru"},"content":"Authority that this House is keen to see that we get value for the money we are allocating them. I speak this at a time when extrajudicial killings in this country are on the rise, a matter that is affecting some of my constituents, as we speak right now. The only recourse that people have after the police have committed an injustice is the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). It is known to members of the public that the uniform that police officers wear is bought using our taxes. The guns that they carry and even the bullets that they use are bought using taxes paid by Kenyans. So, when police guns are turned against the very people who pay taxes so that the police can be in the service, it becomes very unfortunate. We know that the police will not be able to investigate themselves. As such, we are calling upon the IPOA to step in so that we can reduce the cases of extrajudicial killing in this country."}