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    "id": 893439,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893439/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "The other issue we raised is about police road blocks. They are everywhere. They are not objective. Many years back, The Kenya Television Network (KTN), while investigating, confirmed to the country that road blocks are not objective. The KTN crew placed a firearm in their vehicle. They brought it all the way from Turkana to Nairobi without being stopped or detected. Mr. Mutyambai confirmed to the Committee that he will make sure that all road blocks in this country will be objective and that the police officers manning them will do the right thing that is required of them. I hope that is exactly what he will do when he is confirmed. A lot has been done on police reform but we need to do more. If you go to Central Police Station right now, you will not get to their reporting desk because it smells. The cells in that station were built before independence. It is shameful that we cannot improve our cells or reporting desks in our country, especially Central Police Station that is in Nairobi. Housing is the other issue. Unless we take care of the welfare of the police officers in this country, we will not be able to deal with corruption in this country and neither can we hold the police officers accountable. This is because they have to look for other ways of ensuring that their lives are better. I do hope that Mr. Mutyambai will deal with this when he is given the job. As pastoralists, we are told that cattle rustling is a traditional culture and belief but that is not true. Cattle rustling is no longer a culture, instead, it is a commercial business where people incite communities against each other. I asked him how he was going to deal with cattle rustling and he said that he has experience with the Karamoja from Uganda, when he was working there and that he will use that experience to make sure that cattle rustling is a thing of the past. I ask him to deal with the issue of cattle rustling because it is archaic and unacceptable. In most cases, we are meant to understand that communities fight because of resources yet we have a lot of money in devolution. Why can we not construct resources such as boreholes and dams? Why can we not deal with them? Today, most of the people in our counties are displaced. They fight because of boundary disputes, cattle rustling and resources. This is the 21st Century and we should be able to resolve these issues. Mr. Mutyambai seems to have a lot of experience in security; extra judicial killing, radicalisation and anti-terrorism which have made this country look very bad. Mr. Mutyambai gave us promises, as a Committee. He said that he is going to partner with all the security agencies. The private security agencies and Government security agencies are not coordinated because everybody wants to run with their own niche. I hope that Mr. Mutyambai will deal with this when he gets this job. Finally, I want to congratulate the former Inspector General (IG) of Police, Mr. Boinett, who did a wonderful job, especially in reforms. I hope that Mr. Mutyambai will deal with the remaining bit. One of the things that I liked about the former IG is that he would answer phone calls and when he failed to answer, he would return it later which is a good practice for a civil servant or a public officer. I hope that Mr. Mutyambai will fit in the shoes of Mr. Boinett and will be able to deal with the issues of police service. Being humble pays a lot and I have seen that in him. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}