Dr. Christopher Andrew Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: I remember when the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations invited the security agencies to answer questions relating to the arrest of three Members of this House; Sen. Malalah, Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe and myself, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) denied arresting us. Sen. Malalah even mentioned a hotel that he was taken to by the officers along Thika Road, but they denied that the hotel exists yet everyone knows that the hotel is in existence. Those are the people who are supposed to participate fully in providing security to the citizens of Kenya and you can see ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when I read about the same on the Human Rights Watch, it pointed to a broader problematic situation in our country. It raises questions about the current training of police officers. In fact, the police officers in this day and age should not be trained; they should be educated on research, education, investigation, ethics, discipline, professionalism and so many other things. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: The recommendations that have been made by this particular report are so important. All the 21 recommendations that have been made are so important. One of the recommendations was that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Inspector General of Police should make regulations on the use of force and firearms to guide police officers. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: This recommendation is so important because the use of force and firearms by police officers raises a lot of questions on the current policies that guide the National view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Police Service (NPS). The CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government should stop politicizing the police service and concentrate on coming up with effective policies that will help this particular service to work ethically and protect human beings. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: I have also read another recommendation that the National Security Council should develop a national security policy. That tells me that there are many legislations and policy gaps that the Ministry should streamline so that our police service works in the right way. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: I have also seen another recommendation that the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), in coordination with Attorney-General, should develop a national policy and policing oversight. This is an important recommendation because any workforce without an oversight will end up doing harmful things on their own. So, this should have been done like yesterday so that we get a body to oversight the NPS, so that our country is safe. I have also seen other recommendations including number eight which states- “The Attorney-General to initiate the establishment of multi-agency task force comprising of representatives from NPS, Office of the Directorate of ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is so difficult to work when a particular department is least financed. It will be difficult to implement most of the things, for example, investigations which take many years to see the light of the day. So, I appreciate that one of the recommendation is budgetary adjustments, so that this department gets money to speed up their work. You have currently seen that most of the police have turned against themselves. They are killing one another through love triangles, corruption issues and suspicion. I recommend that they update their in-service trainings to international standards. The ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I just want to say that I support this Petition fully. The rate at which Cabinet Secretaries are engaging themselves in political matters in this country is alarming. At a time like this when our country is facing a lot of financial challenges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be encouraging foreign countries to get involved in many political and peaceful affairs of this county, especially funding some lobby groups that can create a lot of awareness on matters democracy and election peace in this country and the rest. I would have expected them to even get ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: because they are the greatest beneficiaries on matters to do with peaceful elections and democracy. I am really perturbed regarding the issue that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is engaging itself in writing diplomatic communication to countries that are otherwise supposed to support our country. Madam Deputy Speaker, remember very well that you and I, when we were still fresh in Jubilee Party, the Party used to encourage us to visit other countries, where their parties are so well developed. We even visited China and benchmarked on how to support democratic rights of other parties and to get involved, in ... view