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    "id": 893479,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893479/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "There is also need for him to have a plan, strategy, objective and a road map, so that at the end of the day, people will actually say that his appointment was legitimate and appropriate, and he has lived to his promise. There are a number of issues that he needs to put into consideration. For example, there is the issue of corruption in the police force. I have had a very nasty experience with the police. Sometimes when you are travelling, you are just stopped and told that you are over speeding, when actually you are not. What follows sometimes is not very good. I remember an experience I had while going somewhere with my children. A police officer stopped us and said: “ Hili ni gari la mlemavu. Wapi huyo mlemavu ?” He said that before my children, and it was not right at all. There is need for the police force to be courteous in the manner in which they address the public. This is a gap. There is need for communication and capacity building in the police service so that they know how to address the public. The police should know that they are not enemies of the public. In fact, they ought to be the first friends of the public. You should see police officers and say, I will confide in this officer and tell him or her what I am going through. At times, some people prefer even meeting a thug in the night that meeting a police officer. This is because; sometimes you can negotiate with a thug. You can tell the thug that you just have a certain amount of money with you. Sometimes they can even slap you and say, why do you have only Kshs5,000 instead of Kshs10,000 and then they let you go. On the other hand, sometimes you meet a police officer and you are not sure how to behave. This is an area that he really needs to ensure that his house is in order."
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