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    "id": 905655,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. I register my support to my colleague, Sen. M. Kajwang, about this issue which is extremely important to the residents that he represents in this House. I listened to him present the issues and the challenges that people in that region continue to face. I wonder whether the Government considers them as citizens of this country. I will go straight to what is a trend that is clearly emerging and the new Constitution has not saved us from it. It was envisioned that when we pass the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, we will have a new police service and not a force anymore. Unfortunately, the three men including the gentleman who has been in office for hardly two months, all seems to have lost the plot and have no idea what the difference between a force and a service is. It is the dream of many Kenyans that for any particular time when there shall be a dispute between citizens and the State, the State will always recognize that it belongs to the citizens. Therefore, there is no way a servant can harass the owner. In other jurisdiction, when you watch how citizens are treated even when they are caught afoul of the law, you realise that these are countries that respect their citizens. When arresting a village drunk, they do it with dignity and honour. However, in the last three to four weeks, you have seen how petitions have been brought to this House. For example, we were told how teachers, who are one of the most sacred professionals, were hauled out of their classrooms when some of them tried to reject Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) training. They were beaten up as if they are village idiots. This cannot be allowed to continue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it cannot be that despite the Constitution not having provided the process of recall---"
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