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"speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Mr. Richard Ramatta Jillo was enlisted in the Kenya Police Force on 9th February, 1991 and was promoted to the rank of corporal on 6th January, 2004. On 29th September, 2006, he was the Division Duty Officer at Mwingi Police Division. He was issued with a Ceska Pistol, serial No.SNOF3120 with 15 rounds of ammunition. He proceeded on mobile patrol within Mwingi Township in the company of two other police officers. They conducted their patrol up to the early hours of 30th September, 2006, when he left the others and proceeded to Kanini Kaseo Bar, where he engaged in a drinking spree in the company of a woman until 6.00 a.m. He hired a room to sleep where he went accompanied by the woman, woke up late and found the lady, the Ceska Pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition and his mobile phone missing. The officer then alerted his colleagues and conducted a fruitless search without informing his superiors. Later the same day at about 4.00 p.m., he made an official report in the occurrence book. A police inquiry within Mwingi No.1/2006 was opened to inquire into the circumstances leading to the loss of the fire arm and ammunition. After the inquiry, the officer was charged before a court in police case file No.CR491/203/206 and court file No.1215/2006 with the following offences:- Count one was failing to ensure safe custody of a firearm, contrary to Sections 18(3) and (4) of the Firearms Act, Cap.114, Laws of Kenya. Count two was failing to ensure safe custody of ammunition, contrary to Sections 18(3) and (4) of the Firearms Act, Cap.114, Laws of Kenya. The court case was finalized on 9th May, 2007, and the accused was acquitted under Section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Code on the grounds that the case was not proven beyond reasonable doubt. The court proceedings and the judgement were forwarded to the Provincial Police Officer (PPO), Eastern, who decided that the officer be dealt with in discipline. Thereafter, the officer was charged through the Orderly Room proceedings with four counts against discipline as per the Force Standing Orders on 11th November, 2009. He was found guilty on two counts. The proceedings were forwarded to the PPO, Eastern, who dismissed the officer from the force with effect from 27th January, 2010. The appeal was dismissed by the PPO, Eastern, on 11th February, 2010, and he was informed of his right of appeal to the Commissioner of Police, which he did not do. (b) Although the officer was supposed to be on duty, evidence adduced during the disciplinary proceedings proved that he was neither in his house nor on duty as was required. It was evident that he instead hired a room in a local lodging house where he spent a better part of the night, when he was supposed to be on duty. (c) The officer was given a chance to appeal against the decision of the PPO, but he did not do so, as required under the Force Standing Orders. Therefore, there are no immediate plans to reinstate the officer."
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