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    "id": 867973,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I support Maj. (Rtd.) Mbarak for this position. First and foremost, I take this opportunity to thank Members of Parliament who have condemned what happened in my constituency. I can tell this House that I am lucky to be alive because the police are so corrupt that even when I went to my constituency as a leader to quell the people who were irritated by what was happening, after killing two people on the spot, they could not listen to me. We need to do something. The corruption in the Police Force must be addressed to the letter. I saw this gentleman being interviewed by my colleagues. He has a strong character. He has courage and passion for the job. He told the people who were interviewing him that, if anybody approached him to change his course, he would resign. That is the only reason I support the candidature of Major Mbarak. I would not be alive today because of corrupt policemen. We should do something about that force because it is corrupt. As mentioned by Hon. Eseli, most of them get the job because their parents or brothers have sold pieces of land to get them into the Police Force. We have a clique that has no respect for a Member of Parliament. I begged them not to shoot. I had to be rescued by my bodyguard who is a former General Service Unit (GSU). I had to go to a church because live bullets were being fired left and right and centre. I spoke to the Inspector-General and I told him about the incident. You have read what he said today. He supports the policemen who are corrupt. Something should be done about corruption in this country. You go out there and you are ashamed to be a Kenyan because our country is bleeding because of corruption. I want to support this gentleman. I hope something will change the nation because we are getting a very bad name out there."
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