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    "id": 893493,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "directions on what the law enforcement officers should do. I support the appointment of Mr. Mutyambai. In many instances, one of the scariest events in our society is when there is a breakdown of law and order. There was such a time during the post-election violence in 2007 and 2008. I was privileged to be in the Serena Team and one of the things that came out clearly that both sides of the divide agreed upon is the rule of law. It must be dominant, must be practiced and it must be the order of the day. I do hope that the new IG will abide by the rule of law and that he will execute his mandate in accordance with the rule of law. I hope that we will not hear of extra judicial killing because that will not be within the rule of law. One of the things that pain me is that we seem to be making so much noise on things that are obvious. Everybody in this country accepts that corruption has become an endemic cancer in this country. Unless we take a proactive approach to stem off corruption, we will have no nation in the foreseen future. We must accept that as a reality in life. Whereas we have given the mandate to various agencies to prosecute this matter, I get distressed when I see a lot of interference. We have given the agencies the mandate and there is the rule of law that they must follow hence I do not see any reason as to why we should interfere in their day to day activities. At the end of the day, there will be arbitrators; the courts of this country will arbitrate on what must happen to whoever is accused in court. As legislators, we should give them an opportunity to handle their mandate in an effective manner. I would join anybody who wants to fight corruption. The IG in consultation with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are fully mandated to go head on in confronting the monster called corruption. This country is bleeding because resources have been squandered and wasted. One of the most important jobs that the IG should do is to put his house in order. He should look at how our resources are being managed by those who have been given the responsibility to administer the resources and finances of this country. The IG must also look at the welfare of the officers who have been put under his command. Those officers toil and work under very difficult circumstances. They sometimes go for many hours without rest. The Committee on Education has just come back from Wajir County. We left here in the morning and worked the whole day. I saw those officers, who were looking after us, work from morning till evening under the heat. I came back today feeling tired but they were not tired. Apart from looking after our security and welfare, The IG should also look after the welfare of the officers who are under his command. We will be very unfair to our uniformed men and women if we do not look after their welfare. I expect the IG to also deal with the drug menace in this country which is overrunning our youth. We have lost the youth through moral decadency and we need to restore and bring our youth back to our families. I hope that through the legal mandate of the IG, the mandate of the religious organisations and that of the community, we will be able to rehabilitate the drug peddlers back to normalcy. I wanted to make those three points. One, corruption is real with us; let us deal with the monster. The IG should take over and deal with it. Secondly, he should look at 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."
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