4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
I have heard Members here not looking at the bigger picture of the threat of terrorism in our country. My friends, like hon. Wandayi, are looking at the academic qualifications of a person to lead police officers. While it is obvious that we need some educational qualification for someone to be the Inspector-General but, for administrative reasons, it ends there. If you look at the history of our country, while fighting the shifta The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
and the Ngoroko wars in the 1960s, the best performers were not people who went to school. The people who got the best results in 1963 when fighting the cessation wars of the Shifta were Kenyans who never went to school.
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
For us to focus everything on what you have done in school is a disappointment to some of us, particularly those who come from the remote areas of Kenya, where we know what is needed to secure those insecure parts of our country. It is also a disservice to our country that every position should be occupied by someone with academic qualifications only. For the avoidance of doubt, I went to one of the best schools in the world. So, I am educated. I am not trying to advocate for non-educated police officers. I am saying that we are putting ...
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Unless Mheshimiwa is not educated.
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am not saying that we do not need education. In my opinion, in this debate, I have seen people who have no education doing a very good job in terms of security. Unless Mheshimiwa is not educated and I am sure he is, there is no point of order here. My friend---
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I agree. Mr. Boinet is well educated. When you talk about a degree, people should understand that a degree is not only a bachelor’s degree. You need to go to school for that. You should not only consider bachelors alone as a degree. Some people are mistaken that a degree is only a bachelor’s degree. A Masters or a PhD is a degree. In fact, a diploma is also a degree of some sort.
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
A few days ago, hon. Kamama put forward something that is interesting to some of us who come from areas that have security challenges. It was about the educational qualifications that one needs to be a police officer. We are now looking for people with C+ and B- to be police officers. Do you know what happens after they get into the police force? That is why we are having all these challenges of not having experienced and committed people in the police service. Everytime we get a person with a C+ to the police force, the next thing he ...
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
You can even go further. In the 60s, there were specific tribes in this country who were recruited to be police officers. There was a reason for that. We have gone against that. These days, we recruit everybody even people who have never seen the rough terrains of our country. There is a reason why we should have a Pokot as a police officer to fight cattle rustling. He is born and bred in those areas. He knows how to work. I can guarantee you that there is a difference between a police recruit from Pokot and a police recruit ...
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4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly:
We need to borrow a leaf from former Presidents Moi and Kenyatta, who were doing this thing for good reasons. Before I get very emotional, let me stop there. I want to say that we start a debate on recruitment of people who have never gone to school to be our police officers, so that they can fight those thugs. I want to stop by saying that as a country, we should, probably, start assigning quotas in the recruitment of police officers in those areas where people grow with lifestyles similar to what the police do in their lifetime. Some ...
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26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wanted to speak on the other Motion, but the Member for Nakuru found that we are all going to speak on what he has already spoken or what he has in mind. This is a very important sector and, indeed a very important step for any country to take. It is ancient thinking to have government running businesses alongside the private sector. Governments are supposed to govern, regulate, provide security and do all other things to make sure that the business environment is conducive for private business to thrive. It is old school ...
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