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    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. From the outset, I support the Report and I want to thank the Committee on Administration and National Security, led by my good friend, Hon. Koinange. Of course, they did it together with the Senate. That is one of the other questions that we will be asking next time: Why did we have a joint committee between the National Assembly and the Senate? Maybe it is because of the law. We gave them the opportunity to interrogate this candidate and they did it on our behalf and gave him a clean bill of health. However, it is also good to make a few comments with regard to this issue. The incoming IG, Hilary Nzioki Mutyambai, has a full in-tray. A lot has been done, a lot has been said, but there is a lot that needs to be done. The outgoing IG, my good friend, Boinnet, did a lot in terms of the hardware and some part of the software. The police uniform was changed. That is part of the hardware. We have bought so many guns. In fact, these days you do not see the ordinary G3 rifles. Now they have AK47 and other more sophisticated guns. But we need to ask ourselves whether we are just investing in the hardware and forgetting about the software. We have gone to other countries, especially the developed countries and it is very rare to find a police officer on the streets carrying a gun. It is very difficult. We have also gone to other African countries where you find literally everybody is carrying a gun. We want to copy the developed countries, which invest more on software as opposed to hardware. We want a situation where you walk on the streets knowing very well that you are safe, but you cannot see a police officer because there is a big brother watching from wherever. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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