Prof. George Saitoti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I have been explicit enough. I have said that the medical treatment of that person will be looked into. That statement covers now and onwards. I am going to do that! view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will appreciate the fact that the Question put to me reads:- “What am I going to do to ensure that the patient is going to be treated properly, and to ensure that the bullet is removed from the body? I have said that, that is precisely what I am going to do; rather than why I had not done that before. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot go back on what I have said. If, indeed, it is tomorrow, I will ensure that the letter can be picked. Even if I will not be there, I will have given the directive to the appropriate officer in my office. view
• 13 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that I must follow the law. The rationale of ordering an investigation is to establish a number of things. First, whether the person who died was among the 30 people who were throwing stones at the police. The next thing is to establish whether the police should not have used this method and should have shot in the air. Once I get those facts, I will be in a much better position to direct what action should be taken against the police. view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the hon. Members who have made very favourable comments on this Bill. Definitely, this Bill is going to bring fundamental changes in terms of both the service of police officers and the lives of the police officers. I want to mention one thing which was raised here, that unless we are very careful, we could actually end up with a scenario where we have a National Police Service which is not balanced both regionally and ethnically. In carrying out reforms in the Police Force, we had this matter uppermost in ... view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Therefore, the whole recruitment and training of policemen and police women will be such that it is balanced. I also want to allay the fears of the hon. Members who raised concerns, and reasonably so, that the officers who will be serving in the National Police Service ought to enjoy some kind of health facilities to be provided through some form of an insurance scheme to make sure that they are treated properly, and that they are compensated when, in the course of duty, they are hurt in one way or the other. view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: I would like to remind the hon. Members that such a provision was actually there. It is also in the newly enacted Act known as The National Police Service Act. In fact, the matter of compensation came in through an amendment in this House. view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, once we pass this Bill, recruitment will be done very transparently. There will be no room for anyone to bribe one or two persons in order for their friends or themselves to be recruited unfairly. Recruitment will strictly be done by the Commission being created through this legislation. view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: We have already started revising the curriculum that is being taught in the police training colleges to fundamentally ensure that aspects of human rights and democracy are embedded in the new curriculum. We believe that this is important because police officers have to learn to be friends of the citizens. view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the passage of this Bill, however, will not address everything. That is why there is another Bill coming, namely, The Independent Policing Oversight Authority Bill. This is the Bill which will change the character of police officers. I do not want to anticipate debate on this other Bill but only to indicate to Members of Parliament the fact that we will finalise the package when we come to debate the Independent Policing Oversight Bill, which is very crucial. view