3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
We do not need to dwell on that aspect, unless we are reading a eulogy which indicates when you were born. We will discuss it in the funeral. We need to discuss the job of the man now. There is a reason why Kenyans changed the command of the police from the Police Commissioner to the IG of the NPS in the Constitution 2010. It was not accidental. They wanted to empower and make that office stronger, so that it can have proper constitutional jurisdiction and originality from the Constitution. This would enable the IG to perform his functions without ...
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
I have said that the IG was under sieke . That is English from Elgeyo Marakwet County. It is accepted in the country that it is under sieke .
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
Half of the English came through the ship. So, African society pronounces the word in its own way at home. So, sieke means “siege”. Let us not dwell on that one. The issues that are facing the new IG are enormous. This is one man who has to account for the safety and security of every Kenyan. He has a responsibility to make sure that they are safe and secure every day of the month.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
When we changed from the former police commissioner title to the IG, we expected many reforms in the Police Service. We expected a Police Service that is responsive to the needs of the people and which is part of the society. We expected Kenyans to feel very safe and secure when they are with policemen and policewomen. The Government even went further and told the police officers to go and live among the people. They do not live in their camps. It is going to be the responsibility of the new Inspector-General of Police to make sure reforms are achieved ...
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
In the interest of time, it is very important to account for every Kenyan. As the Leader of the Majority Party has alluded to, extrajudicial killings must end. We must be a society that operates within the law and the Constitution. If someone has committed an offence, however big it is, he has to face the law in a court. You should not have him killed and dumped somewhere.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
The new IG must be accountable to Kenyans. I am looking forward to a day when a new IG will stand up and say that the job is too difficult for him and he resigns, if the kitchen is too hot for him.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
Lastly, the President has got this appointment right in terms of regional balance. We were almost wondering why the position of the IG of Police was becoming a preserve and an enclave of one region of the country. It had become like a position of a paramount chief where when one leaves office, another one comes in from the same region. In terms of regional balance, this appointment was right.
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3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly:
As a leader in the Opposition, I congratulate the President for appointing someone from a different place. Otherwise, we would have said that the IG must come from the hills of Elgeyo Marakwet only because they know how to run. We are very happy and supportive on this appointment. Let us hope that the man who has been given the job will perform. Let us hope he will do his job in accordance with the law, without fear or favour and without throwing tear gas at us when we are demonstrating. We do not know when we are going to ...
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28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is the Leader of the Majority Party in order to describe a senior member of the Kenyan society as the only one who appeals to women and no any other person? Which kind of women is he talking about? What age and colour? Can he describe them better?
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28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is known that I attract the other gender more than the Leader of the Majority Party. How can you be attracted to a man with a bald head who is now putting on a kofia to hide his baldness? How can women be attracted to such a person? He has lost all his hair; he has no hair on his head. How can he be attractive?
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