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    "id": 861365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill brought by the distinguished Senator for Vihiga County. This Bill goes a long way in furtherance of strengthening devolution. Madam Temporary Speaker, if the existing laws were applied properly, probably, Sen. Khaniri would never have brought this Bill. Under the Police Act, there is a provision for a County Security Service Board that will comprise the governor, the management of the county plus the local police and the remnants of provincial administration. However, it has increasingly appeared like the police would have nothing to do with it. Therefore, we live in the existence of violation of that law. Madam Temporary Speaker, I urge Members to pass this law. If it is passed, it will fill that lacuna. In the old days, there used to be what I commonly call in colloquial terms Kanjuaskaris. I have seen on television women traders crying about them. They are distinguished for their extreme brutality on wananchi. They are extremely cruel in the execution of their duties and they seem to delight a lot of pleasure in distraction of the wares of common traders. So, we need some order. This Bill brings some semblance of order, but Sen. Khaniri will have to fine-tune it towards the end to make sure that it serves both the enforcement team and that the regulations are enforced. Unless he balances the two, we will end up creating an instrument of terror on wananchi . Madam Temporary Speaker, we have seen in the countryside that unless we do this, some governors will turn these enforcement officers into a private militia to deal with their opponents and people who hold contrary views. Unless we enforce and make the law very clear as to how the behaviour of these enforcement officers is done, it will become a chaotic situation. First, we need to have some qualifications. I have not seen any educational qualifications for the enforcement officers. We should have at least a minimum education of, probably, standard eight graduates, but form four graduates would even be better. Secondly, they need to be strictly trained on observance of human rights and human dignity so that they do not, in their work, continue violating people’s rights."
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