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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "where he has been nominated as the Inspector General of Police. I hope that the experience he has gained in the intelligence world will help him bring discipline into this country because what we lack in Kenya is discipline. Recently, I travelled to Rwanda. Getting into a police station, I wondered whether I was in a two or three-star hotel because it was clean and there was order. I hope that once he is approved by this House – I hope this House will approve him – he will bring discipline in police stations in this country. We must also protect and support the policemen and women in this country. For you to become a good police officer, you must love Science, Mathematics and English because you have to carry out investigations and write. I heard the current Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government saying that all police stations must have computers. If we have policemen and women who are not trained to write reports, how will they carry out investigations? While performing his duties, God willing when he is appointed, he should begin with the basics. He should do a serious audit of all the police stations in this country and ensure that they meet the requirements. The police stations should also support the good traits that a policeman or woman should have. I hope that the current nominee is a team player. Having worked in the National Intelligence Service (NIS), his work was hopefully to collect intelligence information and pass it over to the Inspector General of Police for further action. For him to serve in his new position well, he must be a team player and a quick problem solver. We do not want a situation where a judge would say that allowing evidence by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) would be abetting corruption. The Constitution is very clear that the DPP should instruct the Inspector General of Police to carry out investigations through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). When that process is clear, it will be wrong for a judge to rule that the Inspector General of Police and the DCI violated the law. We must respect the rule of law and we must respect every Kenyan who lives in this country. On the issues of cattle rustling and protection of the environment, I hope that the new Inspector General of Police will stand firm because we are here for a very short time. Right now, all our rivers are dry because of illegal activities taking place. I remember there is a truck which I personally arrested in Narok carrying a lot of cedar trees. It was taken to the police station and after about three or four days, it was released with all the cedar trees from the Mau Forest. So, I hope that the new Inspector General of Police will bring discipline and give priority to the police welfare. Everyone is looking at the neighbouring country of Rwanda, which is a very small country the size of Kajiado County as the Singapore of Africa. The discipline there is what is making that country move forward. That discipline can only be brought about by a disciplined police service. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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