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    "speaker_name": "Laikipia North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sara Korere",
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        "legal_name": "Sara Paulata Korere",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support the appointment of the incoming Inspector General of Police and hopefully this House will agree with the Committee’s Report. I have a difficult time pronouncing his second name “Mutyambai”. I want to join the rest in congratulating the Committee that did the vetting. I recognise and appreciate the good work that was done by the outgoing IG Boinnet. Indeed – as some Members mentioned – I add my voice that, Boinnet was one of the accessible senior civil servants. He was a man who could call you when he found your missed call. He was hands on, on anything that you brought to his attention. So, Boinnet set the standards so high. I hope the fellow who is coming after him will follow suit. Having said that, we know there are a few challenges. There are some issues in respect of which we are holding our breadths, and we expect the incoming IG to address them. The first one is cattle rustling. As you know, many of us like lying to Kenyans that cattle rustling is a traditional and cultural thing. There is nothing cultural about cattle rustling. It is a trade that is controlled by barons and cartels whose proceeds find way into big offices in the political arena. We have had cattle rustlers who campaigned with the proceeds of cattle rustling and found their way into county assemblies and, sadly, the National Assembly. So, that is one area the incoming IG, using his own intelligence, has to put his feet down. He should crack the whip on cartels of cattle rustling. The second issue is disappearance of human beings. This is, indeed, painful. It is something that has happened in many of our constituencies. If somebody captures people, irrespective of the crime committed, he should present them to courts and let the whole world know what they did. Killing young men and women in the name of fighting crime is bad. I want to note that, indeed, Kenya is a county of the majority and minority. We have seen public appointments done. Chapter 57 of the Constitution speaks of affirmative action in order to bring minorities and marginalised people on board. Article 260 of the Constitution tells you who the minority and marginalised are. I am talking like this because the first time I came to Parliament, I was nominated as a minority and marginalised person and to date, the good Government of Kenya has refused to honour the Constitution of Kenya by having minorities and marginalised groups appointed in big public offices. Thanks to the famous “handshake”, we are seeing people from other places, who are still the majority, getting appointments to Government positions but minorities like the Ndorobo and the Njemps have been forgotten. They have PhDs but nobody is giving a damn about them. It is sad that their appointments must translate into votes. There is a place called Soit-Oudo in my constituency. Any police officer..."
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