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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the appointment of Hilary Nzioki Mutyambai as the Inspector General of Police. Allow me to thank the former Inspector-General, Mr. Boinnet, for good work done. There was loss of faith in the police service when he came in, but he has managed to restore confidence. Mr. Boinnet is one officer who you would call and he picks your call. He would call you later if he missed your call. I hope Mr. Mutyambai will emulate his predecessor and do the same. When people call the Inspector General of Police, especially leaders, they have pressing issues. We know we have had issues with the police since our Independence from where we inherited a rotten police service. The National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) programme that was rolled out by His Excellency President Uhuru and supported by the leaders of Opposition, who have now joined the Government, has unearthed a lot of issues especially in the police force. When the President talks of the Government losing Kshs1.8 billion per year, I think it is a very serious scandal. It will need proper investigation to establish who these ghost officers who have been receiving this money are; who is behind this scam that has been going on for some time; for how long it has been going on; and, which other departments have been affected. We have seen the incoming Inspector General of Police has very good academic credentials, but these credentials will only translate into action when he takes his job seriously and is able to address and bring reforms within the police force. When you drive on the highway, you see police officers taking bribes. They have now even devised a funny way of taking bribes by using a stick which they carry. I am told it has some magnet at the end. Money is dropped on the ground and they use that stick to collect it. You know, there are new things always happening within the police force. It is rotten! In other stations, police have become law enforcers; they are the judges. They make determination of cases within the police station when people are arrested. A determination is made and the fine one is supposed to pay established. It takes me back to my constituency of Endebess, I am told in some stations like Kimondo, a corporal arrests people and he is able to determine what is to be paid and whether he will lock you in or release you. This happens in the police station because of a certain Officer Commanding Station (OCS). Whenever a person would be arrested and appeared before this OCS, he would pay Kshs5,000. Now that he was moved to another station, people refer to “ tano tena ” to mean that one would be required to pay another Kshs5,000. These are serious issues within the police force that need a head who is serious. Being from the National Intelligence Service, I know he is aware of what has been happening in the police force. With all the information he is able to access, we hope he will address these issues. We have seen the reforms with…."
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