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    "id": 937002,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/937002/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipyegon Ngeno",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1453,
        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
        "slug": "johana-ngeno-kipyegon"
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    "content": "We have our forces which are normally called the disciplined forces because they are trained properly. When they want to exercise their duties, they do so based on the discipline and training they have undergone. Of late, what we see is not what it is supposed to be. We have seen several rogue police officers who do dirty work. I do not know whether they do this because of the salaries, the way they are trained or the way the country is at the moment. Sometimes the citizens of this nation influence how people behave. For example, students and police officers. When they see us behaving or misbehaving, they also do that. The drafters of the Constitution saw it fit that any person who serves in the discipline forces cannot picket or go on strike because they carry guns. We should make the punishment for any act that is against this so stringent, so that people who carry guns can behave properly. Lastly, there is the idea of arming private security guards. Of course, we have had several issues, especially on areas which are guarded by private security guards like banks, private entities, institutions and hotels. We know there is a shortage of police officers to serve in those areas, but we cannot substitute the forces with less trained or untrained personnel and allow them to carry guns. Just like my colleagues have said, if we were to arm private security guards, there will be chaos and problems in this country. My belief is that if we want to have extra security personnel to guard our institutions like Parliament, county offices, banks and other private institutions, we will have to arm trained persons. There is a wing in this country which I have never understood why its persons are trained and have never done any serious job in this nation. There is a wing called the National Youth Service (NYS). We normally pump billions of shillings into this institution and when we check on what they have done, I do not believe the money we put there is equivalent to the work they do. I have never seen anything that the NYS does. We are sometimes told they construct roads, but I have never seen any serious roads that they have constructed. Sometimes we are told they work, but I do not know what they do. We do not see the serious things that they do. So, my opinion is that instead of arming private security guards, the Government should create a wing within the NYS that would be trained as security personnel. These can be armed."
}