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    "id": 861358,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "in orange uniform, shall prominently display their badges during working hours and shall be picked from a particular lot. They can also go to the length and spread them out to the county to ensure that there is no skewed appointment of officers like what has happened in many of our security forces. Previously, all officers of a particular unit came from where a particular commander came from. Therefore, it is left to them to properly domesticate this law and ensure that they provide the guidance on how these enforcement officers shall work. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is very important. Sen. (Dr.) Langat reminded me what non-regulation of county enforcement officer has led to in our counties. You find that because of their limited training and lack of proper guidance on how they are supposed to execute their role, they sometimes forcefully collect cess from matatus . One of them threw a spanner or wreck that they normally have, and inflated the tires of a Nissan that they were pursuing and ended up causing an accident where two people were killed. In other incidences, during elections and campaign time, officers end up taking a particular leaning. There are the ones who are used as returning officers for candidates of the party that, perhaps, the governor belongs to because he is the one who employs them. However, with this particular law, they will know that they are proper civil servants who serve the county and not any particular interest. They will be properly uniformed and trained and shall execute their duty with decorum and dignity that comes with serving the people. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Khaniri, under the list of offences, I know that Clause 20 has provided that:- “A person who is convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is prescribed is upon conviction of that offence, liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.” Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish that we specifically put the charge for enforcement officers who commit specific crimes so that we do not lump them together. Let them know that when they go out to harass and arrest wananchi, they should do it with a lot of respect understanding that a suspect is not a criminal until a court of law makes a determination on what they have assessed. If they catch somebody with something they consider illegal, they are not yet a court of law to determine whether what he or she has is illegal. Therefore, the person does not need to be treated like a criminal. We have seen on many occasions what these enforcement officers have done to members of the public."
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