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    "id": 893441,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to congratulate the Committee for the good work that they did with the sister Committee from the National Assembly. Four years ago, we approved the appointment of Mr. Joseph Boinett to be the IG of this Republic and when he appeared before the Committee, we thought that he was the wrong person. Many people thought that he was not qualified enough because we grew up knowing that a policeman is a scary, huge, boisterous and loud. Most people wondered if Mr. Boinett would be up to the task. Four years down the line, he has left a very strong and permanent mark in the history of our country in so far as management of the police service is concerned. Mr. Boinett came from a background of intelligence just like Mr. Mutyambai. He was a person of very few words and rarely did he address the media. In most cases, it was either the police spokesperson who addressed the media or he sent written statements to the media. I remember an interview that he did with a local media house and a very experienced anchor found it difficult to deal with the situation because the man gave information that one needed. He was comfortable to release information. I look at Mr. Mutyambai and I see similar characteristics. He is not a man of many words. He is a quiet person not known to many Kenyans just like Mr. Boinett when he came to office but he has the relevant qualifications. To qualify to study agriculture, in what we used to call Kabete Ng’ombe, is not an easy thing. He must have worked hard in high school. I have no doubt about his other qualifications. He went to the University of Nairobi to study a degree in agriculture and made a deliberate decision to start from the lowest cadre of the police force instead of going to work for Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) or any other agricultural institution in the country or lecture at the university and that has paid off. As we have been told in this report, he has worked diligently and I believe that he will even perform greater work. We have become a country with a lot of mediocrity that when someone does his job, we celebrate so much because very few public servants work diligently to deliver without stealing time, resources and the opportunity that is given to them. If Mr. Mutyambai comes and does it in the same way as IG Boinett did, and exceeds that, confronting the challenges we are facing as nation, I believe he will leave a mark in the country."
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