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    "id": 940537,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "For now, tough situations call for tough measures. Let the police, as they are there, be amicable. Let them know where their focus is, and not intimidate the children. In fact, I have seen the photos of the police officers with the children. As much security protocols may not allow it, I think it is a good thing. Let us demystify these police officers to our children. Let them know that those police officers are there for them, and not against them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Part (c) of this Statement states that, “Explain why despite the heavy deployment of officers, there are still cases of malpractices.” That is the answer to this problem. Cheating in exams is actually a bigger problem and it is a criminal syndicate. There are people who have been arrested and are in court. Therefore, let us not always oppose moves by the Government which are meant to help in the long term. The Committee must go deeper than just these questions, and tell us what systematic interventions have been done. They should also tell us how else we can make sure that, moving forward, it is not just about the period during the exam that we are scrutinizing, but throughout the education system. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, during this period, there are parts of my county and many other counties that are peaceful because, for the first time, there is the presence of the police officers because of the exams in the schools. Let us know where these officers normally are on other days, because they need to take the safety of Kenyans seriously, whether there are exams or not. They should not just be deployed to curb cheating. When a Statement comes, we do not debate it; we just ask additional questions. I hope that the Committee will go beyond the physical deployment to the root issues of the system; whether or not they are temporary. We need to ask ourselves why an ordinary Kenyan is petrified and shaking in their boots at the sight of a police officer, who should be their friend. We changed from the police force to a police service; where have those reforms reached?"
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