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    "id": 894321,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Koinange",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Koinange",
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    "content": "We also get very many civilians licenced to carry guns. Guns have now been turned into a status symbol, which is a very scaring thing. This is unacceptable and the new IG must deal with this emerging trend. We also have many officers deployed as body guards to VIPs. Why would one VIP need more than one bodyguard? In the rural and peri-urban areas, many police officers are posted as guards to banks and microfinance institutions. During the day, these officers work for the bank, which are private institutions, and in the evening, they are off duty having been on duty the whole day guarding banks. The net effect of this is that we shall forever have a shortage of police officers. Why can’t banks hire retired police officers or even the NYS graduates? Why can VIPs not hire retired police officers, military and prison officers as their bodyguards? The new IG must decisively deal with the issue of private security being offered by our police officers. Very many officers want to leave the main police duties to become bodyguards to VIPs, or join the NIS, the diplomatic unit or the DCI. When they succeed in joining the DCI, they all want to join the Anti- Fraud Department. They actually do not want to fight crime in the Flying Squad, the Rapid Deployment Unit or even the Anti-Stock Theft Unit. It is high time police officers changed and made the police service a calling. If that is done, the IG will be assisted greatly in his work. Going forward, we want to see merit-based postings, transfers, promotions and deployments to help boost the morale of our hardworking police officers. The issue of ghost police officers is very rampant within the Service. It is costing our taxpayers a lot of money. It needs to be tamed. The new IG must operationalise the police counseling centres and improve the working condition of our police officers. We do not want to see more police officers commit suicide or kill members of their families due to excessive work-related stress. As I conclude, the new IG will help tame gambling menace in our country which is a national disaster in the making that can easily destroy the future of our children. As a member of the Kenya Coast Guard Service Board, we require that the new IG helps this important security service, which is at its infancy stage get on its feet. I believe that Mr. Mutyambai is equal to the task. He fits the bill of becoming the next IG of the NPS. With those many remarks, I beg to reply."
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