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    "id": 894204,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": "The former IG, Boinnet, focused mostly on the hardware, namely, merging the two police forces, which was a very good thing, but we also forgot that the Administration Police officers, who are paramilitary trained, are also different from the regular Kenya police officers, who are trained differently. I hope the new IG will focus on working on the few hitches that are there that are not pronounced to make sure that the two arms work in harmony. If you are walking at night and come across a police officer, what comes to your mind? Kenyans walking out there in the village, when they encounter a police officer, what comes to their mind? We want to change that narrative because we have had situations where you are walking at night and encounter a police officer and instead of talking to him or her, you run away. We want to change that narrative and that perception. A police officer is a good person. But as we change ourselves, the police also need to do their part and make sure they also make friends with the community. We want to reduce the kind of interaction that exists between police officers when they are enforcing the law with the public. Look at the case of traffic officers. They are on the road with cameras that they say measure the speed of your vehicle and they tell you that you are driving at 101 kilometres per hour and you need to be charged. We need to change that so that we can install speed cameras which are not manned by individuals, but are automatic. So, I want to support and say that Nzioki Mutyambai has all what it takes, but we want to tell him that he has a full in-tray. He has a lot of work, but we are there. In Parliament, we are going to appropriate the money that is required, but he needs to do a lot of work. With those very many remarks, I want to wish him all the best. This Parliament has this very rare opportunity because we are not going to interrogate any other IG this Session. The other one will be done by the other Parliament. So, I want to wish him all the best and we will be there as Members of Parliament to support him. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much."
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